What You’re Feeling Right Now Makes Sense
It’s all too much to juggle. Friends, school, parents, work, trying to have a social life.
The pressure to manage everything is real. You’re weighed down by the invisible demands and expectations of all the people around you.
When all that feels like too much, pulling back from the people who love you can feel like the only way to breathe.
You want your parent there when you need them.
You want to be left alone when you don’t.
That pull in both directions is exhausting.
It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you.
Why Talking to a Parent Isn’t Always Enough
Your relationship with your parents carries too much weight for it to also be the place you process everything.
There’s a limit to what any relationship can hold when you’re still figuring out who you are inside of it.
Therapy gives you a safe third place: somewhere outside the stakes of home, where what you say doesn’t change the way things feel at the dinner table tonight.
What Do We Do in Therapy?
I design my therapy sessions to feel like a natural conversation. You won’t be interrogated, though I will ask you questions when I’m curious to learn more.
You can talk to me about your life without judgment or pressure.
Sometimes we’ll use communication techniques to give words to what you’re feeling. Because what you have to say matters, and I want to understand your experience.
Other times, we’ll play games while you share about what’s happening in your life.
When stress is running high, you’ll learn skills to help lower the worries, fears, and thoughts that feel too loud.
All of this happens one session at a time. In essence, therapy gives you an hour that’s yours to use in whatever way feels right that week.
I’m here gently guiding the process, so we make the most out of our time together.
Oh, the Changes You’ll See
I do have an agenda when you see me for therapy: I want you to grow and expand into more happiness, confidence, and joy.
As therapy unfolds, you’ll notice changes in how you think, feel, and act.
At first, the changes can be subtle. Soon enough, you’ll be able to look back and marvel at just how much you learned and grew through the process of our work together.
You start speaking up for yourself in situations where you used to go quiet.
You find your way into activities and spaces you held yourself back from before.
The relationship with your parent begins to brighten, not because everything is suddenly perfect, but because you’re showing up differently, and that changes what’s possible between you.
Let’s Start with a Conversation
I offer a free 30-minute consultation so we can get a sense of each other before you commit to anything.
Email me at: jessicacohenlcsw@gmail.com
We’ll go from there.