How sessions work

What I do in the hour

You can bring something that happened this week, or something you've been trying to understand for a long time.

I'll ask questions and share what I notice — for example when you seem harder on yourself than on someone else, or when a feeling shows up in your body before you have words for it.

You can tell me when something doesn't fit. We can stay with understanding a pattern, or try a different response.

We choose a focus from what feels present: a difficult week, a recurring reaction, or numbness that is hard to explain.

Pace

When you go quiet or feel overwhelmed, I check in. Together we decide whether to stay with something or slow down.

Session length, how often we meet, and the practical details of starting are in What to expect in therapy.

Making sense of what happens

A reaction can make sense given what you've been through and still cause problems now. We talk about both, with time to understand what happened and consider what you want to try next.

Between sessions, you can try a response we discussed and bring back what happened. We use that experience to adjust the work.

If something between us is off

Tell me if I misunderstand you, move too fast, or say something that does not fit. We can use that to adjust how we work together.

How we tell whether it is helping

I'll ask whether anything feels different outside sessions. Maybe a conflict stays with you for less time, or you say something you would usually keep to yourself. If things feel stuck, we talk about that too.