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Dr. Cynthia Shifrin offers both short term counseling and depth psychotherapy to navigate through life’s on-going challenges. Trying to deal with difficult and emotionally painful situations can leave an individual struggling with an overwhelming amount of stress and feelings of anxiety, fear, depression, shame, and despair. Sometimes, for no obvious reason, life is simply and sadly not enjoyable. Counseling and psychotherapy can make a positive impact in various ways: bring clarity to the confusion; increase self-awareness; improve communication skills; develop individual strengths; and repair relationships. In some cases, short term counseling can be enough to resolve certain issues and result in personal growth. Psychotherapy, for the most part, is for those individuals wanting to take their self-knowledge to deeper, more meaningful levels. In this work that client and therapist do together, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors are observed, explored, and their complexity worked through. The entire process becomes a journey inward to discover and liberate the authentic self. Along the way, an individual's patterns and pitfalls are identified and recognized as obstacles that have kept them stuck in their ambivalence, causing them much frustration. Self-limiting patterns can then be replaced with self-empowering ways of being to more effectively get needs met. The over all goal here is to achieve a greater sense of self and to become psychologically flexible and strong. This is where defenses start to fall away, where self-esteem rises, and where relationships become easier and fulfilling. Dr. Shifrin’s intention in the work she does is for her clients to develop an intimate, healthy relationship with themselves, enabling them to constructively and optimistically embrace life.
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