Individual Psychotherapy
With Daniel Jonathan
Specializations
Transforming Pain
Getting Started
Healing and Becoming:
Movements of Transformation in Therapy
– Healing –
Our work together will address the psychological wounds and patterns that give rise to your suffering. Healing requires a close therapeutic relationship that draws on effort, expertise, and inner resources. This creates practical insights and self-knowledge. All of this can be furthered through the neurological effects of EMDR, increased somatic awareness, and mindful practices.
– Becoming –
In therapy, healing is inseparable from becoming. As you heal, your sense of self and the fullness of your inner experience are not merely retrieved from an earlier, better time; they are expanded in ways that are enriching and often surprising. Your becoming, is this respect, can be nurtured through your own (and my) imagination and creativity.
I Can Help You
Transcend the Effects of Traumatic Experience
Traumatic events in your past don’t have to define you or dominate your experience in the present. Personalized therapy sessions can help you process those experiences, reconnect with the present, and rediscover a sense of calm and purpose.
Repair and Enrich your Self-Experience
People struggle in many ways with their sense of self. They might experience low self-esteem, indecisiveness, poor boundaries, a sense of unreality, feelings of being unknown or unlovable. The therapeutic relationship is a vessel in which to define and address self-issues, and to cultivate a fuller and stronger sense of self.
Navigate your Transitions in Later-Life
Life transitions bring changes to your lifestyle, your relationships, and your sense of who you are. Transitions in later adulthood are challenging but they are also times of great potential for new meaning and engagement in life.
Navigate your Transitions in Later-Life
Life transitions entail changes not only to your lifestyle but to relationships, your sense of self, how you feel, and how you find meaning in your life. Transitions in later adulthood are challenging, to be sure, but they are also times of great potential for new meaning and engagement.
Transforming Pain
Robert Frost claimed aptly that “The best way out is always through.” For over twenty years I’ve sat with people in their pain and helped them move through it. I’ve learned that we can best address pain by confronting and transforming it, not by simply trying to get past it or expel it. We have to make something of painful experience — feel it, name it, rename it, locate it within our individual narratives. This is both a courageous and imaginative approach to pain — a “musical” approach that renders pain meaningful and manageable.
How do you name your pain?
- Disempowerment
- Contempt
- Panic
- Grief
- Depersonalization
- Dispassion
- Emptiness
- Apathy
- Soul loss
- Helplessness
- Ennui
- Identity confusion
- Self-loathing
- Spiritual void
- Inadequacy
- Fear
- Alienation
- Stuckness
- Hypervigilance
- Alienation
- Inadequacy
- Inauthenticity
"The wound is where the light enters you"
Rumi, a 13th century Sufi poet and philosopher, recognized the wound as an opening to wisdom and transformation. Moving to and through your emotional wounds illuminates your inner landscape and so deepens your self awareness profoundly. This brings strength, resilience, and empathy.
Dream yourself more fully into being
Contemporary psychodynamic therapies draw not only on the healing powers of objective knowledge, explanation, and insight, they also harness the powers of creativity and play — the “wings” of imagination. These open you to fresh and even surprising possibilities within yourself and your relationships.
Frequently asked questions
What can I expect in an individual therapy session?
In the first session, we’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, and what you’re hoping to work on. I’ll listen closely and share my thoughts on what I’m hearing and how we’ll move forward. I’ll also explain how I work and answer any questions you have. Most importantly, this session is your chance to get a sense of what it would be like to work together.
What types of issues can individual therapy help with?
Therapy can help with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, life transitions, self-esteem, and more. It’s also a great tool for personal growth and self-exploration.
How long does each therapy session last?
Sessions are 45 minutes long, and I set aside 15 minutes to review and take notes.
Do you take insurance?
I’m an out-of-network provider, which means you’ll pay me directly for sessions. I’ll then give you a detailed invoice with my license and tax information, which you can submit to your insurance for out-of-network reimbursement.
Getting Started
It’s a simple, three-step process:
One: Phone Consultation
Reach out to me by email and I’ll get back to you quickly to arrange a phone consultation at no charge. You can give me an initial picture of what’s happening and what you’re hoping for. I’ll answer any initial questions you might have and, if it seems right to both of us, we’ll schedule a first session.
Two: An Initial In-Person Session
In our session, I’ll invite you to describe more fully the experiences that led to your decision to seek therapy, and tell me about the changes you hope to see from it. I’ll listen closely to you and then offer my initial understanding to be sure that I’m on track with you. I’ll tell you about how I work and I’ll answer any questions whatsoever that are on your mind. Importantly, in this session, we’ll get a fuller sense of what it would be like to work together. All this all counts as a good beginning.
Three: We’re Underway
If we decide to move forward, then we’re on the path. I see people once or twice a week, sometimes more, depending on what you want and what seems best to both of us. We’ll plan to check in with each other on how we’re doing after the next few sessions.
