How will I know if therapy is working?

You will feel better and stronger. Done well, therapy will have lasting benefits that impact your life as a whole. And, while there is no guarantee in anything, I have helped hundreds of people to live better and feel better.

When therapy is working, you begin to notice a quiet kind of strength. The noise inside settles, and a more coherent sense of self starts to take shape. The choices you make feel increasingly aligned with who you truly are, not who you’ve had to be.

Therapy is not about “fixing” symptoms—it’s about integration. Parts of you that once felt split, silenced, or in conflict begin to speak to one another. What once felt confusing begins to make sense. What once felt unbearable becomes something you can hold.

Over time, you may find that:

  • You meet life’s challenges with more steadiness and less reactivity.

  • You know what you feel, and can express it with clarity and compassion.

  • Your relationships deepen because you are more present and less defended.

  • Self-criticism softens into understanding.

  • The patterns that once ruled your life begin to loosen their grip.

Therapy’s impact is not measured by a form or a scale, but by the quiet confidence that grows when you are living in greater truth with yourself.

You will always have the freedom to pause, continue, or end therapy as you choose. Our work unfolds at the pace that feels right for you.

What emerges is not a new version of you, but a more authentic, whole, and self-directed one—a life moved less by fear, and more by inner coherence.

Some of the Skills and Benefits of Therapy:

  • Emotional Intelligence skills- learn how to use emotions to work for you, not against you.

  • How to regulate powerful emotions and stay effective- no more making things worse when you are upset!

  • How to build and maintain healthy relationships, and know when and how to end hopeless ones.

  • Improved problem-solving and decision-making.

  • Increased assertiveness in your communication, while avoiding being passive and /or aggressive.

  • Understand how your past affects you, and how to move forward.

  • To learn how to change unwanted behaviors.

  • To increase self-compassion and self-acceptance.

  • To make choices that improve your life.

  • To check our own distortions in thinking, freeing you from irrational responses that are not helpful to getting what you want and need.

  • Relief from anxiety, depression, and overpowering emotions.

  • Clarity about what you need and want.

  • More connection and greater ease in your relationships.

  • An increased resilience and well-being that helps you to navigate what life brings.

She is a truly caring and superb professional.
— client jc