Frequently Asked Questions
How will therapy help me?
As an insight-based psychotherapist, I work with you in therapy to clarify and understand your feelings and thoughts. In so doing, I present you with possible alternatives to the way you see yourself. You can then take this information and test it—does it make sense? Does it ring true? Is it useful? If so, you can act on it so that it changes you, helping you to resolve your issues and, over time, helping you to be more at peace with yourself and enjoy your life more fully.
Who might benefit?
Broadly speaking, insight-based psychotherapy is the treatment approach of choice where potential clients are not experiencing an acute mental health crisis, have a fundamental interest in getting to know themselves better, have tried other forms of therapy without success, and have complex, interpersonal difficulties that don't clearly fit into strict diagnostic categories.
How long will it take to feel better?
In general, clearly defined symptoms, especially those of recent origin, will tend to improve relatively quickly. Broader and more complex issues of long standing such as chronic depression, anxiety, and trauma tend to take longer to resolve.
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This book contains a major revision of psychoanalytic theory, replacing the outdated drive–defence model with an information processing model of mental functioning. The book argues that that the most basic human need is the need for clear thinking, and that physical drives ultimately only have significance for the mind insofar as they tend towards the one central and fundamental aim of self-knowledge.
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Contact Me
I return email and phone messages within one business day.
Contact me by email: rsembera@ncf.obfuscation.in.here.ca
Contact me by phone: (613) 859-9737
