People often want to know, “What is psychotherapy?”
Psychotherapy is unlike the approach typically taken by your physician, where he or she is considered to be the all-knowing expert who has the solution to your problem. Rather, counseling is a collaborative approach to explore important facets of your current situation, your history, your emotional life, and your coping resources. During this process, your counselor depends on you to help keep the work centered and focused on the pertinent issues. Psychotherapy is conjoint work to resolve troublesome emotional conflicts and to develop more effective, satisfying life skills.