Change Is Hard Work ;
it requires hope, direction, bravery and time

Individuals, Couples
&
Family Psychotherapy

Thomas Moore
LCSW, BCD Psychotherapy

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The goal of all psychotherapy is emotional growth. For the individual client, this growth is seen in the effective management and ultimate resolution of one's anxiety or depression. For the couple, it is in new understandings and more productive conversations which then bring greater closeness. And for families, it is in the reinvention and redefinition of its members to promote the successful raising of children.

Psychotherapy has one foot in science and the other in the humanities. The particular method or methods the therapist offers to the client arise out of scientific study. Building a relationship, however, is an art. The therapist works with the client to create a unique relationship — one where the client has a place to bring his or her struggles and get a kind of help which is otherwise unavailable.

I have been trained in psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive and family therapies, and this allows me great flexibility in matching the method of treatment to the client's, couple's or family's situation and needs. As appropriate, I will discuss adjunct forms of treatment and make referrals to medical, self-help or specialized care.

Successful treatment requires respect for the client and an "informed eclecticism" on the therapist's part. The therapist needs to appreciate the multiple causes for problems and utilize the competencies that the client already employs in managing his or her life. And the relationship of client and therapist needs to be flexible or firm based on the situation and the client's needs.

In my experience, change is hard work which requires hope, direction, bravery and time – regardless of the method used. A client wants to feel understood and guided during treatment, while maintaining ownership of his or her life. There is no formula for achieving that balance, only the give and take which arises out of a respectful professional relationship between people.