ABOUT THERAPY
Therapy is about Feeling Empowered
… so you can handle the stress of life in New York.
We know that coping with anxiety, depression, micro-aggressions, OCD, relationship or career issues take a serious toll. Living in New York City is already tough. We’ll get to the root causes of your issues and give you practical and proven strategies to level up. Life doesn’t have to be so hard! Let’s interrupt your habitual and self-sabotaging tendencies once and for all.
From your first session with your Sentient psychotherapist, you will learn the mechanisms of psychological flexibility. Without it, you’re in over your head.
What’s therapy about? Empowering yourself to live your best life, guilt free.
Therapy is about Feeling Safe
Therapy won’t work if you don’t feel safe enough to get real. Here are a few ways we help with that:
Informed consent
You are in charge of your therapy, just as your body, actions, and life decisions. You are consenting to the work, the interventions, and the transformation therapy can bring.
Therapeutic containment
Also known as “the therapeutic frame,” these are clear and firm boundaries that contain the psychological and emotional nature of the work. Therapy works best within a safe container.
Freedom of expression
Within the safety of the frame, you are encouraged to discuss anything and everything you want or need to talk about. Our therapists have heard it all, and we’re ethically bound to keep your conversations confidential. The more open you are, the better therapy works.
Mindfulness modeled
Your Sentient psychotherapist is mindfully present and attuned to you during each session: no cell phones, screens, or distractions. Developing mindfulness is at the heart of psychological flexibility.
Evidence-based therapy
Therapy shouldn’t be hit or miss. That’s why we use the latest evidence-based modalities such as CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, IFS, Compassion-focused, and Psychodynamic therapy. Don’t leave your therapy to chance.
Cultural competence
Your Sentient psychotherapist is multiculturally aware and experienced. They understand identities, what it means to be you in the greater context of your life, and how the world can be a hurtful place, no matter who you are. Working with a therapist who shares some of your identities creates a short-hand so you get results more quickly.
What is therapy about? Feeling safe enough to get real.
Therapy is about Investing in Yourself.
First and foremost: You’ll get out of therapy what you put into it. If you’re not willing to make the investment of time and energy, you will not have a successful treatment. We are invested in you and your success in therapy, and if you really want to level up, you need to be, too.
If you’re new to therapy, you may not know what to expect from the process, so here’s a few pointers:
Goodness of fit
Look for “goodness of fit” in your therapist. Do you feel accepted and safe in your therapist’s office? Is your therapist culturally sensitive and open to your feedback? Do they provide support but also challenge you? A quality connection with your therapist matters. Honor your experience.
Honesty
Your Sentient psychotherapist is here to help you, not judge you. It takes time to build trust and feel safe, but your therapist is ethically bound to keep everything about you confidential. If you don’t open up, we can’t help you. Be brave and be honest for best results.
Homework
You’re going to be learning a lot in therapy. New ways of thinking and behaving takes time, patience, and dedication. The more you practice your homework between sessions, the better you’ll get and the easier it will be. If you can’t commit to homework, your therapy will suffer.
Discomfort
Therapy addresses unhelpful thoughts, painful feelings, and problematic behaviors. It will be uncomfortable at times. Change means that things can feel worse before they get better. Stay open and receptive to the process; it will definitely be worth it.
Commitment
Just like medication, therapy works best when “taken as prescribed,” and according to the research, that’s once a week. Hold yourself accountable and carve out the time.
What’s therapy about? Investing in your success even when the going gets hard.
Therapy is About Thriving
You deserve to feel as successful on the inside as you are on the outside.
Living in New York is intense.
Relying on coping mechanisms that formed in childhood may no longer support your demanding, complex life as an adult. By developing new ways of coping, you will empower yourself to thrive in your relationships, work, and life.
We all carry personal, cultural, and even generational baggage that weighs us down and keeps us cut off from living our best life. You’re not alone.
At Sentient Psychotherapy
At Sentient PsychotherapyWe’ll help you commit to the skills needed to thrive in your life and relationships with meaning and purpose.
We’ll guide you into the vitality that naturally exists within you to compassionately process your unresolved wounds
and cope with stress more effectively.
We’ll give you the tools to stay open, regulated, and connected to what matters to you most.