Jeffery Bishop

Trauma can have various effects and emerge in different forms. Misplaced sense of dread, internal isolation, recurrent nightmares, compulsive relational patterns as well as general anxiety and low level depression can all point toward something from the past that cannot be incorporated and continues to remain other. While some forms of therapy can target symptoms of trauma, a shortcoming these approaches have in common is short duration of symptom relief with symptoms returning within a relatively quick span of time. Psychodynamic practices treat underlying structural issues to resolve symptoms and promote growth in a way that not only has duration over years but can continue to improve once treatment has ended. I work from a psychodynamic perspective broadly informed by Lacanian and relational schools of thought with French phenomenological influences. I work with clients in a non-judgmental relationship through which clients can relate to themselves with honesty, curiosity and courage to promote symptom resolution, improved relationships and freedom from a past that presents as compulsive.

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