Our early family relationships and childhood experiences influence how our brains become wired and shape the lens through which we see ourselves and the world around us. We often create defenses and ways of relating with others in our youth in order to avoid unpleasant consequences of conflict.
In psychodynamic psychotherapy, we commit to examining those defenses and ways of coping and their impact. While those defenses were adaptive for a time, they may later contribute to problems in everyday functioning and relationships. By learning to build healthy relationships with others and oneself, develop self-compassion and mindfulness skills, and translate insight into action - we can refine and rewire our ability to integrate both logic and emotionality. This type of integration is key to resilience, emotional balance, aliveness, and the capacity for empathetic connection.
When we start to develop a greater sense of curiosity, respect, and conscious awareness of ourselves, each other, and the world around us, we start living.
In psychodynamic psychotherapy, we commit to examining those defenses and ways of coping and their impact. While those defenses were adaptive for a time, they may later contribute to problems in everyday functioning and relationships. By learning to build healthy relationships with others and oneself, develop self-compassion and mindfulness skills, and translate insight into action - we can refine and rewire our ability to integrate both logic and emotionality. This type of integration is key to resilience, emotional balance, aliveness, and the capacity for empathetic connection.
When we start to develop a greater sense of curiosity, respect, and conscious awareness of ourselves, each other, and the world around us, we start living.
