Meredith M Russo, LCSW

• Therapy provides a safe and confidential environment to explore and discuss one's deepest secrets and/or the true inner struggles one can not easily talk about with loved ones or best friends.  Therapy goes at your pace and can be short-term or long-term and is dependent on the factor(s) that bring you to it.  If the therapist isn’t the right match, there is the option to be referred to a new one

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• Face-to-face Psychotherapy can also serve as a way to maintain or fine tune one’s mental health. It can be a way of enhancing one’s life and making it as enriching as possible.  It is a place to discover “The Best You”.  In our fast paced society, it is imperative to “Unplug” and to make the time to take care of oneself.

 

• Meeting with a therapist can serve to assist in re-inventing oneself or an aspect of it, letting go of someone or something in order to make room for the next phase, or to reflect and summarize one’s personal lifespan.  Going over your own personal movie or biography can be cathartic, and create an emotional fullness as one continues to forge forward.  

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• The therapeutic relationship is most beneficial when the client feels listened to, comfortable, understood, and safe.  It is important for a client to feel reassured that the therapeutic process is provided in a professional, discreet and confidential setting. Mutual respect and a healthy therapeutic rapport built on trust and a shared understanding is essential to the treatment process