Dr. Ari RichelsonPsychologist, PsyD

About

In many ways, the decision you’re about to make is the hardest part of this process. Choosing the right therapist and “type of therapy” can be confusing. That’s why I’d like to explain a little about my training and approach to make your choice a little easier. My training taught me that by knowing what to listen for, I can connect your symptoms to your past life experiences. Once we start to do that, I will help you identify the reasons those experiences were hard to resolve. When something is hard to resolve, we tend to avoid it, which is why our mind then tells us that something still feels unresolved by producing symptoms. The symptoms we develop are our minds way of telling us that how we manage our problems isn’t working. That’s why we eventually find ways to cope that are usually designed to distract us from life. Therefore, a necessary part of this process is identifying the ways you distract yourself so you can start to learn how to face your problems and resolve them.

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