Young Adults

Adult decisions can be mind-boggling.

Adulting is more demanding than most teens expect when they excitedly anticipate the freedom of their 18th birthday.

Job, military, or continued education? Roommates or marriage or something else?

The decisions never end, and each decision comes with its own set of challenges.

It’s not surprising that you could use some help getting a grip on the emotions and behaviors that seem to have taken on a mind of their own.

It’s about you!

Individual Therapy is typically a one-on-one visit in a private setting with only you and me present.

What we discuss is confidential.

In other words, what’s said in therapy stays in therapy. Unless it’s necessary to keep people safe or ordered by a Court of law, I won’t share what you say in therapy with anyone without your permission.

That said, situations come up that may warrant inviting someone else into therapy. For example, there may be occasions when support from me can help you through awkward conversations with someone important to you. You may have a problem that depends on someone else’s cooperation for its solution.

When these kinds of situations arise, bringing those involved in the conversation for a period is sometimes helpful.

Getting started.

You’ll be the one representing your interests, communicating your needs, and doing your therapy work.

You’ll need to come to your first appointment prepared to answer detailed questions about your physical health, your emotional and behavioral history, your family and social connections, your spiritual and cultural beliefs, and so on.

From this information, you and I will make a plan that enables you to take control of the emotions and behaviors that are keeping you from doing what you want to do and being who you want to be.

And if you haven’t yet discovered what you want to do and be, not a problem, we can work on that, too! 😊.

Once we have a plan, the real work begins.

Handouts, worksheets, games, puzzles, roleplay, and tool-building exercises are earmarks of my therapy process. These will help you learn and practice skills you’ll use to manage your behavior.

Homework between sessions is used to practice further and reinforce the skills and insight gained during sessions. For example, if we learn a specific skill in the session, I’m likely to ask you to practice it every day until your next visit.

Occasionally, there may be an assessment or worksheet to complete at home, or perhaps a short article to read, etc. Once you complete the plan we made, your therapy will be over unless we discover new needs you wish to address.

You’ve got this!

I’ll guide you through the process. And when we’re done, you’ll be the master of your behavior and emotions.

You’ll be prepared to go out into the world to do and be what you choose to do and be.