Mary Ann Rosenfeld, Psy. D.

What is Psychotheraphy?

 

Psychotheraphy is a collaboration with a mental health professional that leads to greater self understanding and insight, resulting in change and/or self acceptance.  The goal of therapy is to feel listened to and understood without intrustion, judgment or guilt.  Overtime, it can reduce long standing feelings of anxiety, depression, emptieness, insecurity, and unworthiness.  The patient starts to live a bigger and richer life.  A life, shall we say, that has a "bigger bandwidth".

 

Why seek Psychotherapy?

 

As life progresses, many challenages occur whether we want them or not.  Sometimes losses--divorce, breakups, death of partners or family members cause us to seek help to deal with the extreme feelings that come with these events.  These situations can cause tremendous anxiety, stress, and depression.  Other reasons people seek psychotheraphy is that they realize the way they live and operate their lives have repetitve patterns that undermine their fulfillment or simply have outlived their usefulness.  Finally, psychotheraphy can provide a new environment in which a person can get to know her/himself better and discover how to lead a more meaningful and deeper life.