As a therapist, I get the unique privilege of taking part in someone’s journey to mental wellness. In my work, I always let my clients know that I act as the advocate for your future self. You know, the future you! The you days, months or years from now that’s taken what you learned in therapy and consistently applied these lessons and tools to existing or new challenges that life is bringing your way. The future you, has grown and changed in all the ways you have conceived and my role is to keep you accountable to embodying this version of you throughout our work and after!

This journey and process looks different for each person who takes part in it. What could it look like for you?

Your journey in therapy might be illuminating! You could learn the different ways you conceptualize and relate to the world around you, based on your experience in it. Understanding who we are and where we have been can be instrumental in freeing you from patterns that you have learned over time. I always describe it like when you meet a stranger for the first time and after you meet them, you start to see them everywhere. Once you identify these elements, patterns or old tools you may notice these in many areas of your life. You just might learn that you are feeling ready for some new tools. Your therapy journey could even be stimulating, funny, nurturing, healing, or unexpected. As many things in our lives, this path may not look like just one thing.

Now you could feel that as you learn more and more about yourself, maybe the foundations of what you have known to be true could feel rattled. I won’t pretend like that is easy. What I will say is this: Challenging the foundations of what we have always known, may be just what we need to not only find the motivation to change but also the discipline to maintain the change.

As a therapist, I witness many different pieces in someone’s healing process. I see the relief in my client’s shoulders when they learn about themself or understand their experiences in a way that is compassionate instead of punitive. I see the sadness, grief or disappointment that comes with processing the past and how it impacts them in their present. I see the grit my clients have when they are defying what their insecurities have limited them to. I have gratitude and admiration for my clients. To want change is vulnerable, to act on this is bold.

Sound like something you’re ready for? Let’s get started.