Psychoanalytic Therapists in Colchester, VT

If you're reading this you're probably unhappy and hoping to make a change, or perhaps you want to experience yourself at a deeper level. I work with people experiencing a range of problems, from mild dissatisfaction to overwhelming anxiety and despair. In my experience the critical factor in choosing a therapist is fit. The best way to see if a therapist is right for you is to have an initial meeting and see how you feel.

I offer psychotherapy and intensive psychotherapy.

My approach is to help you explore your inner world. This treatment allows you to understand yourself better, accept yourself, build better relationships and be more productive. I have a background as an MD and I have a good understanding of mind-body problems and multicultural issues since I lived and worked in several countries. Treatment options range from once a week to more intense multiple times a week.

Difficult experiences in childhood can linger on in adulthood as low self esteem, difficulties dating, and feeling like an imposter. You may also wonder if better relationships with difficult family members are possible. I specialize in working with individuals who want relief from anxiety, insecurities and a harsh inner critic, but also want to better understand themselves. As a psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapist, I can help you make sense of how the past lives on in the present, so that you can get unstuck from patterns that no longer serve you, to live with greater clarity, confidence and joy.

Everyone needs the safest possible space to explore oneself to grow, to carefully unpack what is at the root of every discomfort in living—worry, fear, regret, anger—new frustrations and old ones. Finding the right words to name our internal conflicts reveals how we attempt to master the past by repeating our patterns in the present. Bringing this struggle into full awareness offers a fresh opportunity to work our issues and outgrown ways of relating toward final resolution. Such reflection and the articulation of inner experience imparts more freedom and equanimity to our choices, and opens us up to feel more passionate and alive.

My work as a therapist is to help people live fulfilling lives in which they enjoy satisfying relationships, do their best work, and develop a deeper awareness and curiosity about their inner emotional experiences. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is essential to facilitating honest and open self-discovery. It serves as a lens through which relationship patterns and emotional experiences can be explored in a unique way. This approach to therapy generates long-term improvements for people suffering from depression, anxiety, grief, relationship problems, and the effects of trauma.

Psychoanalytic work is an intensive therapy that focuses on increasing self-understanding and a sense of personal freedom. It is very helpful for anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, trauma and managing grief around life transitions. I have also trained as an end-of-life doula and offer grief support groups and trainings.

My practice is mainly grounded in psychodynamic, psychoanalytic and existential traditions, and I believe in the primary importance of the therapeutic alliance over manualized or brief therapies. Areas in which I have the greatest experience and insight include trauma, depression, anxiety, gender and LGBTQ affirmation issues, and explorations of personal meaningfulness and identity.

Offering help for depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, stress & burnout. Working with adults, college & grad students and professionals, including people in sensitive and high-profile roles for whom discretion & privacy are paramount. Here you will get a therapist that has a deep and unique understanding of suffering, a therapist that is skillful, knowledgeable, real, transparent and compassionate. A therapist that gets it and has expertise in diagnosis and treatment based on advanced knowledge of human development, psychotherapeutic treatment and advanced knowledge of research in psychology.

I enjoy working with people who are curious about who they are and what feelings and ideas make them unique. At times we all become confused or discouraged in the pursuit of our personal goals or in the relationships with those close to us. It is at these moments we can use the help of someone trained to listen carefully and help us to untangle some of the misperceptions or distortions that may be getting in our way. It is a humbling and hopeful experience to embark on therapy to make change in ourselves.

I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.

I hold unconditional positive regard as the key to a great therapeutic relationship. I work to meet people where they are, to actively listen and understand their values, and to explore and support them to better connect with themselves and others. My goal is to help people cultivate loving acceptance of themselves, and gain insight of how the past impacts the present, while creating an awareness that the past doesn't have to dictate their present or future.

Welcome and thank you for visiting my profile. I am a clinical social worker and licensed alcohol and drug counselor and have over 17 years of experience working with a diverse population of people in a variety of settings. Each one recognized that something needed to shift or change or maybe everything. Change isn't easy and while most of us know when the writing is on the wall, it's beefing up the courage and finding a launching point that is often the biggest hurdle we face. Most of us know what we want and certainly what we don't want but it's putting it into action that is often the stumbling block.

I provide brief family intervention in family session with parents or caregivers only to help address reactive behavior and trauma or stress responses in the daily routine. I help famiIies find a more regulated way to address problems like anxiety, depression, traumatic events, school stressors with children with teens and adults of all ages to learn creative ways of managing daily stress. We use art, sensory and movement practices to better tolerate feelings and demands at home, in school or at work.