Welcome. I'm glad you decided to visit. I hope this will be a step in the direction of happiness for you.
Know Thyself. An ancient dictum. A formula for happiness, for wisdom, for living the good life. This, ultimately, is what depth psychotherapy has to offer. "Psychology", from the Greek: the study of the soul. It is in knowing oneself that one enters into the possibility of true happiness, of liberation from the pettiness of merely selfish ambition, and of escape from the tyranny of egoistic demands; these latter being the basic causes of distress, of confusion, and of unhappiness.To know thyself is to know God, the One, the Truth, and as one master has told us, the Truth will set you free.
Psychotherapy has the potential to blend an understanding of basic life
skills, with the exploration of deep identity. Making relationships work
well; learning to work effectively with one's own mental processes;
developing insight about and understanding of one's behaviors, language,
thinking, and feeling; having and making choices beyond what one
thought was possible or available; addressing "symptoms" and
manifestations of distress and unhappiness; accessing real meaning and
value in one's life; re-connecting with the lost deep ecology of one's
right place in, and one's right relationship to the (natural) world;
being able to love.
Basic (and advanced) life skills: how to relate properly to oneself; how to relax and
renew; how to align one's behaviors with true (ie., substantive,
satisfying, grounding, beneficial) meaning and value; how to be
effective in controlling oneself, rather than trying to control others;
how to most effectively and beneficially change thoughts and feelings;
how to develop humility, courage, and trust; how to release attachment
to what one thinks one needs; how to experiment and explore
intelligently and beneficially; how to cultivate the true precursors of
happiness; how to surrender.
Please check out my blog for a more in depth look at what we might do together.
