What to expect in therapy

Our job is to help you understand how it is that you cope with stressors, relationships in general and romantic relationships, in particular; how you see yourself and how that may be different from the ways others see you; how you may be seeing things in a way that goes counter your intended goals and your best intentions and interests… To that end, we will at times call you attention to your own comments and expressions in a way that may sound to you as confrontational and you may even experience as though we are critical of you, disapproving of your behaviour and even frustrated with you.

Psychological intervention is a collaborative endeavour and, therefore, it is important that you let us know how you are feeling, what your thoughts are even if that may come across as a dissenting opinion to you. It is also important that you persevere through feelings of discomforts so that the two of us may explore whether there is any merit to the items we bring up to your attention.