“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
We all have challenging moments that bring distress and conflicts in our lives. It could be a painful breakup with your significant other, conflicts and competition at work, a significant loss of a loved one, a poor decision that you made, history of abuse, or general lack of fulfillment in life.
When these internal conflicts are unresolved, they express through atypical emotional, behavioral, physical, and/or psychological manifestations such as depression, anxiety, anger outbursts, isolation, passive-aggressive behaviors, unexplained bodily symptoms, recurrent dreams, just to name a few. In extreme cases, some develop pronounced mood swings, uncontrollable behaviors, suicidal thoughts, delusions and hallucinations, and persistently difficult relationships as we fail to cope with those struggles. Depending on the severity and chronicity, these conflicts impact various aspects of our lives, including relationships and day-to-day activities like work and school.
Psychotherapy aims at helping you understand these manifestations and ultimately resolve these underlying conflicts. As we address these conflicts in sessions, you will gradually develop familiarity with your difficulties, the ways you have been attempting to cope, and how you have been impacted. Above all you will begin to recognize, understand, and embrace all of your feelings and needs, and more importantly, how these feelings and needs manifest themselves through your symptoms.