Support When You Need It
Post-event intervention and stress management strategies that work.
Meet Your Therapist:
Dr. Jonathan Swift, PhD
I am a PhD psychotherapist in private practice, and my early training included attention to the challenges of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood by focusing on psychodynamic and cognitive therapies. I have many years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families as well as group therapy.
Currently, I work primarily in the areas of relieving anxiety, depression, moving through transitions of loss, and developing resiliency to respond to trauma. I also welcome patients who have the challenges of an ADHD diagnosis, relationship concerns and are facing the unfolding landscapes of aging.
Individual Psychotherapy
I have found that psychotherapy can be a very helpful way to collaborate with a therapist and develop an understanding of the discomfort we can experience from feeling dejected, alone, misunderstood and not connecting with those we care most about.
Making and keeping connections help people have a sense of presence and a source of clarity, safety, and belonging. And while we want to feel safe, secure and prepared for what’s to come, over time our relationships to others can change.
In this life of change and uncertainty, we can become preoccupied with what we have and don’t have, who we think we are and need to become, and what we want to acquire and accomplish.
By working together in therapy, we combine our unique life experience and perspectives in a way that builds understanding and acceptance. We learn to accept our mistakes and failings, accept those of others, and work through our worries, frustration and misgivings. We will strive for a growing connection with others and a better understanding of feelings.
Couple's Psychotherapy
Couple relationships often begin by our making a sincere and concerted effort to understand how each of us feels, and we express a consistent desire to make each other happy. We have a shared wish to find common ground and focus on our similarities rather than our differences.
However, we might find that we want more from our partner but cannot identify what that is and begin to sense a growing distance. That distance and tension could be related to challenges such as transition, loss, trauma, parenting, and work demands that may be contributing to our sense of isolation and shared discomfort.
Therapy can provide a safe space to clearly and calmly be together and learn to share feelings without criticism, argument, defensiveness or indifference. We often revert to patterns that will predictably lead to our being stuck and feeling defeated. But working in therapy helps partners learn to sooth, nurture and take care of each other and become each other’s secure base.
ADHD
People come to therapy with ADHD related questions about meeting deadlines, having difficulty focusing, sustaining attention, and starting and completing tasks on time. It is difficult for people to need a crisis to finish important tasks and not being able to adapt to these challenges. Marriage, family and work life are all strongly affected by the presence of attentional difficulties and are a constant source of stress and anxiety. In therapy we will address these issues in order to arrive at comfortable solutions.
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Are you ready to embrace change and find support? Our dedicated team is here to help you navigate through life’s challenges. Whether you seek personal development, stress relief, or recovery from past events, we offer tailored therapy sessions designed for your needs. Take the first step towards a balanced and fulfilling life by scheduling your appointment now.