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Dr. Elizabeth Whelchel
Distance: 0.0 Mi220 Montgomery St Ste 400
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Personnel Touch
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94104-3617 San Francisco -
Kern Noda Devine & SegalA Law Corporation
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94109 San Francisco -
Snyder Miller
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94104-4548 San Francisco -
Aguilar Law Offices
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94104-5507 San Francisco
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Description
Good psychotherapy is one of the best things you can do to improve your experience of life. Even today, most people still think you have to be "crazy" to get therapy. There has always been a stigma associated with psychotherapy, but times are changing. While the term "mentally ill" certainly applies to some people who need psychological help, for most people, the model of injury is a more appropriate conceptualization.
My emphasis is psychodynamic and relational, which means that we explore early relationships, childhood and other significant life experiences, and your experience of how you relate to yourself and to me in the therapy room. I generally provide long-term therapy only for clients who have completed a course of brief or cognitive-behavioral therapy, or for clients who have a problem best treated by this method. The goal of long-term therapy is to resolve early conflicts and develop a healthier relationship to yourself and others.
In short, good therapy is a way to improve your experience of life, a way to increase your joy in living, a way to curtail or end emotional suffering, a way to boost your personal productivity, or a way to learn how to create loving, honest relationships with others.