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We are all faced with a crisis at some point in our lives. Perhaps it is a trauma such as the death of someone close to us. Maybe we are dealing with relationship issues, a separation or divorce, or single parenting concerns. It could be learning to come to terms with unresolved childhood issues. Adapting to chronic illness or pain or an emotional illness can bring up fear and feelings of helplessness. The crisis could be about how to manage our relationship with someone we care about who is going through their own turmoil and how it is affecting us. Difficulties at work, problems with colleagues or a boss cause stress and anxiety.
It is not unusual to feel overwhelmed as a result of life's challenges. You may experience your life as out of control. This can feel very disempowering and result in feelings of low self-esteem and depression. When you are unable to acknowledge, identify, access or communicate these feelings, you may find it difficult to manage your day-to-day life. You need to develop coping skills that will enable you to release those struggles that are undermining you.
You can learn to free yourself from feelings of despair and develop a healthier, more integrated life experience.
But how?
I am Joan Rubin-Deutsch, a licensed psychotherapist. I understand that life is difficult and that people need and deserve love, comfort and understanding. With either short or long term therapy,
I will help you to identify what is causing you to feel:
- anxious
- depressed
- stressed
- angry
- fearful
- shamed
- overwhelmed.
I understand that it's hard to be in a position to ask for help. I also understand that having someone who cares about who you are and what you need enables you to begin to build an internal foundation that lets you know that you are valuable and important.
If you are struggling within yourself, I will teach you:
- how to let go of the negative patterns, themes and connections to recurring pain, sadness and depression that keep you caught in disruptive emotional places
- how to find your own powerful voice and speak it
If you are struggling in any of your relationships, you will learn:
- healthy communication skills and ways to negotiate differences so that you are able to deepen all your relationships
When you enter into the healing process, you will discover the person you choose to be rather than the person you think you have been expected to become. As you gain self-awareness and self empowerment you will realize that you can develop to your fullest potential and transform your dreams into reality.
Why?
Because you will have a new more positive outlook and the new ability to recognize life's wonderful possibilities.
My approach is interactive and interpersonal. I understand that what works for everybody varies from individual to individual. I am devoted to building a trusting relationship with you so that you may move away from a life filled with crisis and move toward life filled with purpose.
I am the author of "Why Can't I Ever be Good Enough? Escaping the Limits of Your Childhood Roles." This book focuses on the disempowering contracts we make in childhood about who and how to be in order to have our needs met. These contracts bind us to certain ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. This book will teach you:
- how to identify and break unhealthy contracts
- how to write new life enhancing agreements.
This book addresses the importance of taking care of yourself, not as a selfish act, but as a self-enhancing experience. You will learn how to develop a more fulfilling, loving and connected life experience.
My work creates understanding and teaches how to release limiting thoughts, habits, feelings and behaviors. I give clients practical tools to use in healing the mind, body and spirit. My work is my life purpose and I look forward to working with you.
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