Susan Meindl, M.A.

Année de pratique: 2008

I'M NOT SURE IF THERAPY IS FOR ME…?

People considering psychotherapy often approach the experience with thoughts such as “I do not want to dwell on the past”…”I shouldn’t blame everything on my parents”… “Therapy is too indulgent”… “I do not want to become too dependent on seeing a therapist,” etc. As a psychodynamic psychotherapist I am sympathetic and aware of these concerns.

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CAUSE AND EFFECT...THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE CONNECTED.

I believe that the past should be approached with compassion, the present examined with courage and curiosity, and the future faced with practicality…and hope.

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THERAPY IS A TOOL.

As you free yourself from the entanglements of the past you are better able to be independent and make better choices that address deeply felt, authentic needs and desires. Learning what makes us tick helps us develop personal responsibility and agency. It requires courage and curiosity but the reward is genuine change. Hopes, dreams and values provide motivation and are creatively related to plans and goals.

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I work closely, compassionately and creatively with my clients to create productive change on a spectrum of issues ranging from:

• Distressful emotions such as stress, panic attacks, anxiety and depression.

• Personal issues of grief and loss, self-esteem, relationship to important others,

• Sexual identity

• Blocked creativity: psychological questions and problems

• Life transition issues such as divorce, parenthood, retirement, career change,

• Grad school burnout or "imposter syndrome".

• Burnout in helping professions

• Highly Sensitive People (HSP).

• Compulsive talking

• Gifted adults: the challenges of positive difference

I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT EASILY CATEGORIZED AND WOULD NEED TO BE ASSESSED IN OUR FIRST CONVERSATIONS.

Available to write newspaper and magazine articles on psychological, psychodynamic, lifestyle, life transition and women's issues.

To read brief articles I have written on my areas of specialization, go to: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert_bio=Susan_Meindl

Biographie

MA Counseling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal

Member: OPQ, OPPOCCQ.

Argyle Institute of Human Relations: Individual Psychoanalytically-oriented Psychotherapy Progtam

Fluent French speaker.

Office de la Langue Francais professional level accreditation

Spoken and understood German