
About Therapy
How I Help My Clients Create Life Masterpieces
Sharing Stories
Jim wasn’t sure what to say. He was so nervous. He just sat in my office for almost 20 minutes, hyperventilating at times, tearful at others.
In bits and pieces, his story came out.
He wasn’t used to having someone listen to him without judging. He later said that first session was the most important one of the whole counseling process.
He was heard, and he was able to tell his story.
Vision
Paul had told his story, but he had no idea what he wanted from life or how he wanted to live.
I posed him this question:
“If we meet three years from today—and you were to look back over those three years—what is it that would have had to happen during that period, both personally and professionally, for you to feel happy about your progress?”
He couldn’t immediately answer the question, but over the course of a couple more sessions, he came to know what his “masterpiece” life would look like.
Doing What Works
No guessing here! Evidence-based solutions are solutions that the researchers have tested.
It feels good to know that these aren’t ideas the therapist thinks MIGHT help.
New Skills: Learning and Practice
When a sculptor chips away at a block of stone or a potter shapes a mass of clay, it takes effort.
Any sculptor needs to learn and practice day after day to create a masterpiece with which he is pleased.
Learning, practice, more learning, more practice.
In therapy, you’ll learn new information.
You’ll practice new ways to think, communicate, and act.
Overall, Steve has that quality of all truly effective therapists; he truly enjoys helping people understand themselves better. He has an empowering approach. He helps individuals identify their strengths and coaches them on how to utilize these strengths to lessen their distress and bring more satisfaction and success in their lives.
Steve is a caring, compassionate person who brings out the best in others. He has a positive aura with an upbeat attitude. He is caring to the core. Steve is very knowledgeable and connects with people naturally. I have had the pleasure to refer several clients to him and I have always done that without any hesitation. The feedback I have received from the referrals are positive and usually filled with a thank you. I know whoever he works with that they are in good hands with Steve. I highly recommend him as an excellent professional.