The primary benefit of LP therapy is awareness, empowerment, and physical and mental well being (in other words, a happier life). The sad truth of the matter is many of us did not get very good training as children. A lot of us (the vast majority if the statistics are correct) were physically, sexually, or emotionally abused by our parents or individuals close to, and with power over, us. A lot of us were thrust into a school system designed to teach us to compete, evaluate, and rank and this damaged our creative abilities and our self esteem (see this awesome book review) .  When we moved into adolescence we may have accepted The System and tried to live within it, or we may have rebelled and rejected it. However as adults most of us do our best to fit in and be productive. We go along to get along but the reality is we can do that only if we repress, suppress, and put up with all the abuse and ridiculous nonsense that goes on around us. In the context of the modern, “real” world, we never really do process, heal, or release any of the horrid abuse we have experienced. Instead we repress, develop neurosis, accept a bitter half-existence, take some pills, lash out in anger and hatred, occupy ourselves with busy activities so we do not have to sit down and think about it, or go to psychologists who are usually in the exact same boat as we are.

Or not.

If you are tired of the endless, miserable round of existence on the wheel…

If you are unhappy, desperate, not sure of the meaning of your life…

If you are struggling with addictive behaviors (food, alcohol, drugs)…

If you are coping with OCD, or struggling with the depression that comes from repression or if you just need someone who you can talk to that won’t judge you or dismiss you or offer you bad advice and who will truly understand what it is you going are through, we can help. No matter what your background we can put you on a path of awareness, empowerment, and physical and mental well being. We can help you identify the toxins in your life and your relationships, we can help identify destructive thought patterns, we can help with strategies to remove and/or control your exposure to toxic environments, we can help you navigate the psychological and emotional mine field of modern life, and we can help empower you to understand yourself and how to exist/change this world you live in.

Education is available (Masters in Public Health) for those who want to research the causes of OCD, addiction, depression, and to help promote overall health.

The benefit of good therapy, sophisticated therapy, comes down to this–hope for happiness. In a world increasingly characterized by psychological dysfunction, where the number of people with eating disorders, addictions, depression,  and other psychological troubles continue to skyrocket, where psychologists struggle with the same issues you do and psychiatrists give you pills to pop without too much concern for long term changes to your brain chemistry, LP therapy can mean the difference between life long malaise and dissatisfaction  and hope for a happy and fulfilling life.