Therapy looks different for each client.  Therapy is shaped to your needs and your personality as much as possible.  We want to create a place where you feel comfortable to explore and address aspects of yourself and your relationships.

But there are some common aspects to therapy, certain important values, that should characterize your experience in therapy no matter who your therapist might be.  I sometimes describe those common aspects of therapy as the product we promote.  Therapy does not include a tangible product that comes in a box.  But we do have a product, and we want to offer you our product so that we can help you deal with your life, with your emotional struggles, and with your relationships.

Our product line includes confidentiality, safety, and hope.  We want your experience of therapy to be positive and beneficial.

Confidentiality means we provide you with a place where you can talk about all sorts of things without needing to be concerned that we will tell your story or divulge information about you at any time.  When we hear about child abuse, or suicidal intentions, or intentions to seriously harm someone, then we must legally act to protect whoever it is that needs protection.  But beyond such issues, all that you say is held in strictest confidence.

Safety means you feel safe to discuss things you may never have discussed anywhere else.  Even though you know the relationship is confidential, you still might not feel safe enough to risk the vulnerability of telling someone what you are really thinking or really feeling.  We want to create and offer a safe place where that risk is worthy of your effort.

Hope is fundamental to human existence.  Sometimes what you face in life can overwhelm you and diminish your sense of hope.  Therapy offers you a place to again discover that life has value, and that hope can still win the day.

Confidentiality, safety, and hope.  That is the product line of good therapy.  That is what we offer you.