Pamela Hays, MA, LPC 6592 N. Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704 (520) 318-3711
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Mentalization Based Treatment, Psychoanalysis, Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship Based Therapy.
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TREATMENT PLANNING
Treatment will involve:
A Focus on affect and expression of emotion. Psychodynamic therapy encourages exploration and discussion of the full range of your emotions, and putting into words feelings, including contradictory feelings, feelings that are troubling or threatening, and feelings that you may not initially be able to recognize or acknowledge.
Exploring wishes to avoid distressing thoughts and feelings. People do a great many things, knowingly and unknowingly, to avoid aspects of experience that are troubling.
Identification of recurring themes and patterns. We will work to identify and explore recurring themes and patterns in your thoughts, feelings, self-concept, relationships, and life experiences. In some cases, you may be aware of recurring patterns that are painful or self-defeating but feel unable to escape them.
Discussion of past experience (developmental focus). Related to the identification of recurring themes and patterns is the recognition that past experience, especially early experiences of attachment figures, affects our relation to, and experience of, the present. We will work on nderstanding how past experiences may be “living on” in the present. The goal is to help you free yourself from the bonds of past experience in order to live more fully in the present.
A Focus on interpersonal relationships. The therapy will emphasize your relationships and interpersonal experience. Both adaptive and nonadaptive aspects of personality and self-concept are forged in the context of attachment relationships, and psychological difficulties often arise when problematic interpersonal patterns interfere with the ability to meet emotional needs.
A Focus on the therapy relationship. This relationship is itself an important interpersonal relationship, one that can become deeply meaningful and emotionally charged. To the extent that there are repetitive themes in your relationships and manner of interacting, these themes tend to emerge in some form in the therapy relationship. The goal is greater flexibility in interpersonal relationships and an enhanced capacity to meet interpersonal needs.
TREATMENT GOALS
The goals of psychodynamic therapy include, but extend beyond, symptom remission. Successful treatment should not only relieve symptoms but also foster the positive presence of psychological capacities and resources. Depending on the person and the circumstances, these might include the capacity to have more fulfilling relationships, make more effective use of one’s talents and abilities, maintain a realistically based sense of self-esteem, tolerate a wider range of affect, have more satisfying sexual experiences, understand self and others in more nuanced and sophisticated ways, and face life’s challenges with greater freedom and flexibility.
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There may be more specific needs in the therapy, such as chronic illness, cultural issues, which we will address.
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