Are you feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or alone?

Are changes in your life coming too fast?

Do you feel that there is no one to talk?

Are you wondering why you aren't happier?

Or are there decisions you need to make but feel stuck or confused?

Many individuals have voiced that during transitional times in their life, emotions they may have never felt before arise causing them to feel overwhelmed and stuck. Some common transitional moments can be  brought on by any of the following reasons;

•Divorce or relationship break-up issues

•After the breakup issues of moving on

•Feeling betrayed by someone you trusted

•Making difficult decisions about your relationship and fear of hurting someone

•Grieving the loss of a loved one 

•A new marriage

•Having a child or multiple children

•Blending families

•Moving and moving on

•Getting older and analyzing your life

•Health and medical  issues

•Making a big decision

•New reponsibilities such as going back to school or changing careers

 

Most of the time more then one of these changes come at us at one time. At these time, individuals experience an overwhelm of emotions and feel their stress is too much to handle. Below are other common symtoms individuals talk about during these difficult times.

 

•Depression, anxiety, worry, or fear

•Emptiness, dissociation or lack of feeling

•Difficulty sleeping or eating

•Deep sadness or crying

•Rage or anger

•Guilt

•Loss of meaning and purpose of life

•Confusion and lack of decision making

•Loneliness and isolation

•"Over-indulging" i.e., over drinking, over spending

•Thoughts of one's own death

•Negativity, critical thoughts, or obsessing

•Overwhelming feeling of too much to do

 

This important message to hear is that an individual doesn't have to face these difficult moments alone. Many individuals suffer in silence and resist getting support because they feel it might show a sign of weakness or it won't help them. From my experience it is quite the opposite. To stay locked in your pain alone can cause isolation  and depression. A person might  make decisions that are not in their best interests. In therapy, I have seen individuals move from a place of  having to "be strong" to becoming a " person of strength". 

Individual therapy gives a person a chance to experience a one on one therapuetic relationship. Many clients express that it is the first time someone has truly listened and focused on them. This  relationship allows time to question your self-judgment and encourages curiosity and openness. To be understood in a non-judgmental environment can be healing and freeing. Individuals are then free to move towards what is naturally good and healthy for them.  For more information on how to proceed, please call or e-mail to set up a for a free 30 minute consultation.

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