Melisa McMechen, MA

Individual Therapy

 

Individual therapy involves one-on-one sessions with you and your therapist that are private and confidential. For online therapy, all you need is a phone or computer and a comfortable setting.

 

Individual therapy can be helpful for a wide range of issues or concerns. Often people seek therapy for depression and/or anxiety, but it isn’t necessary to wait until things become disabling to start therapy. Sometimes something unplanned happens in our lives and we need help processing it or adjusting to it. Or maybe we are unsure of the plans we want to make for our future. Whatever the challenge is, therapy can be helpful and even transformative.

 

Therapy begins by identifying your goals. From there we work to help you better understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and how these factors affect your life. Self-awareness is an important and essential step in making positive personal change. As you gain insight, you can learn new coping skills, improve emotional regulation, increase self-esteem, and feel more confident in your decision making.

 

Some of the different evidence-based methods we may use in individual therapy include:

 

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) - This is a type of talk therapy that helps to recognize and change negative thinking patterns that affect feelings and behaviors. Once identified, these negative or distorted thought patterns can be replaced with more realistic and positive ones, leading to greater resilience and a brighter outlook. It can be used to address a number of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, disability, and stress.

 

Motivational Interviewing – This is a method of therapy in which the therapist asks questions about what is going on in your life and supports your responses in order to assist you in finding your own answers about how you would like to proceed in handling specific situations.

 

Solution-Focused Therapy – This is a therapy method that can be helpful in situations such as career changes or other issues that arise during life transitions. It is more focused on the future and existing strengths to achieve specific desires and outcomes.

 

An eclectic approach to therapy allows the therapist to tailor the type of treatment methods to each unique individual. Situations that individuals experience can be complicated and may need to be addressed in more than one way. Eclectic therapy allows increased methods of addressing issues for the purpose of achieving your goals.