INDIVIDUALS

Feeling empty, uncomfortable with facets of your life?

Anxious? Worried? Confused? Depressed?

Something missing?

At some point in most lives, such feelings arise. This is a time of unrest, uncertainty. Yet this also can be a time of opportunity, a time to learn, to grow and to change.

Your discomfort is really your Self calling out for direction, calling out to be nurtured and to be adjusted.

This is how Irene sees this crisis time: as a time to discover your Self.

A time to heal.

In Irene's approach to therapy, the first step is talking. Talking defines the problem. Talking suggests possible solutions and healing techniques. Talking gives the rational mind hope.

Next, Irene will help you acknowledge your mind's old patterns and resistance. This resistance is your defense system, and defense mechanisms are survival mechanisms. They must be acknowledged for their positive intent, released or integrated. It is in dealing with this resistance most of the therapeutic work is done and here's why:

The mind is strong. It knows only its old patterns and may resist change. This is to be expected and it's OK. After all, we are only trying to survive best we can. You actually identify the pattern’s positive intent. It is easier to release these patterns and find new ones when we are not still fighting and holding on to the old. In working through these, you will begin to heal. And change.

Yet, change needs to feel right. You gain insight, which allows you to make the changes you need. Insight may even show you how to change. Irene works with you to see if the desired change feels right. It often doesn’t. Here, old feelings often must be examined, because old feelings can sabotage any change we think we desire.

After identifying old patterns and new patterns, change happens when the old and the new begin communicating. Then, integration occurs. Irene will work with you through this process until you find your new path.

Healing takes place. Change happens.

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Details

Individual sessions are offered in Broad Ripple near 65^th Street and Keystone Avenue, in Indianapolis, Ind.

• Daytime and evening sessions are available.
• Sessions are available for individuals, couples and families.
• Sessions are covered by most insurance companies.

COUPLES

Most relationships are not what we expected. They are full of surprises, frustrations and fears.

Do you wonder what you have in common or why at times you don't enjoy each other? Unfortunately, our worst behavior can come out in the relationship. Couldn't we enjoy each other more than we do?

Will the conflict ever be resolved?

Tough questions. Relationships can be frustrating and very rewarding. What is the solution?

• Move from conflict to collaboration.
• Explore expectations and dreams.
• Build a friendship.
• Identify ways to turn toward rather than away from each other.
• Take time to learn and practice new techniques.

Irene is trained in the area of couples therapy. She can help you on a new path of understanding.

CHILDREN

Children learn quickly. They are quick, creative and fluid. Irene teaches children new behavior through practice.

In therapy, children act out the new behavior.

When Irene works with children, they don't just talk about it. They do it. They try it out.

Assessment is most often done with Sand Tray Therapy. Through placing objects in the sand tray, the child makes a picture of the problem.

The problem is then quickly assessed.

It is important to have the family involved in this process. Changes cannot occur without the help and knowledge of the family members. Therapy with children combines family therapy with children's therapy.

Irene prefers to do a family interview before treatment with the child begins and have the parents continue involvement throughout the process.

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FAMILY

Families injure and heal one other. Family members imitate one another and learn from one another.

It is a significant learning ground. What one does affects others.

Within the context of family therapy some couples and individual therapy occurs depending on the family dynamic. Irene will work with your family to improve this dynamic through a variety of techniques and therapies.