 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When you are faced with
-
Feelings of Shame and Self-Sabotage
-
Anxiety & Depression
-
Marital and Couples Distress
-
Family Conflict
-
Feelings of Inadequacy
-
Feeling "Not Good Enough"
-
Loss of a Loved One
-
Separation or Divorce
-
Helping Kids Through Divorce
-
Difficulties Managing your Children
-
Addictions
-
Your Children's anxiety, distress or suffering
It is okay to reach out for hor help. As a matter of fact: it is the smart thing to do.
WHY? When you are low or in a crisis, things can seem overly bleak. On your own, it can be hard to even know what's wrong. Sometimes, unless you can say it out loud in a safe environment, you don't know how and why you got so distressed.
This is when having someone totally there for you can make all the difference. As a psychotherapist it is my job to make you comfortable and to draw you out by listening in a relaxed and fully focussed way. As you talk you will be are amazed at all the things that you say, and even more amazed to find out that you are making sense.
As I carefully reflect to you exactly what you are saying and maybe feeling, you calm down. With some relief, you realize that when you feel heard, and when your concerns and anxieties are understood and validated, your mood lifts. You realize that are you not alone or wierd: you are just trying to make sense of yourself, your relationships and your life.
Over time, you learn to listen to yourself with the same focus, warmth, care and optimism as I do when I listen to you. Together we create an expanded view of yourself and the possibilities ahead. You can never achieve on your own what you can achieve in the right therapeutic context.
When we are out of sync with ourselves or with those we love, we are unhappy.This is because we are hard-wired for inner contentment and meaningful connection to
those we love. The research in brain studies in the Neurosciences and Attacment Theory in Social Psychology emphasize that our contentment comes from close, empathic relationships and from our ability to know and love ourselves. Learning to become our own best friend is part of the outcome. Click here for more. We were meant to be calm and content and we need to learn to learn to soothe ourselves.
After 34 years of working with all sorts of problems and with people from all walks of life, I remain amazed at our resilience and our determination to do whatever it takes to be content and at peace with ourselves, and to be open and loving to each other .
Please visit my Hanna on Divorce Source Radio page if you would like to listen to an audio recording of me being interviewed about therapy, how transformative therapy works and why becoming your authentic self is the goal.
This 60 minute audio tape was produced by divorcesourceradio.com on April 17, 2011.
You can call me at: 416-924-9907 or email me at: hanna.mcdonough@sympatico.ca and leave me your phone number and a time that I can reach you, and I'll get back to you.
I offer free 15 minute consultations.
Hanna McDonough is a psychotherapist in downtown Toronto. She is an expert on a wide range of issues, from individual issues such as anxiety, depression, and self-sabotage, to family and couples issues, play therapy for troubled, anxious children or those living with divorce, reconnecting family members, ADHD, trauma, and much more. For therapy or counseling assistance in the Toronto area, please give her a call or send an email!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
