Q: What is Psychotherapy and What Benefits Can I Expect?

Psychotherapy is a treatment process designed to resolve personal problems, facilitate emotional healing, deepen self-knowledge, promote personal growth, improve communication skills, and foster healthy relationships. The treatment process takes place in the context of a professional relationship between a therapist and a client (i.e. individual, couple, family). This relationship exists only and solely for the purpose of helping the client and evolves within an atmosphere of safety and acceptance.

Therapy can provide insight and new perspectives into life’s challenges and can help create solutions to difficult problems. Many people find that working with a therapist decreases interpersonal conflict, lowers levels of depression and anxiety, and improves relationships and quality of life.