It can be difficult to know when the “right time” to seek therapy might be. People tend to think about finding support during times of crisis or when a longer-term issue begins to impact important life goals or relationships. Sometimes people begin therapy because they suspect that their early life experiences are affecting the ways they interact with the world now. If you have landed here, it may mean that you would like to give yourself the gift of more support while you explore the things you are dealing with, and that you are ready to think more deeply, with the help of someone else, about what might help.

No two people experience the same events in exactly the same way, and it is important to me that I understand your unique experience and point of view and how this relates to your personal identity — racial, gender, sexual, and role identities — especially in the context of your family of origin. This is my role: careful listening, being attentive to the emotional current of the moment, and gently pointing out the dynamics and connections which might be hiding under the surface.

If this sounds like something you are ready for, this may be your “right time” to seek therapy.