Psychotherapeutic Process

Feelings, States, Behaviors

We all experience a range of emotional states – such as joy, sadness, anger, fear, or worry – that are, for the most part, manageable and even enriching. However, under the influence of various factors (e.g., stress, conflict, professional strain, or significant life changes), their intensity may shift toward extremes. When emotions become excessively heightened or markedly diminished, they can be increasingly difficult to regulate.

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Each person’s reason for seeking psychotherapy is unique.

At the same time, given the wide range of possible motivations, the following offers a brief overview of experiences commonly addressed in psychotherapy:

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- anxiety (general, overall apprehension; specific places; social situations;  specific objects),

- depression; mixture: anxiety with depression,

- panic attacks (an experience that many describe as ‘the feeling closest to dying’),

- lack of motivation or apathy; inability to experience pleasure (to feel joy, or to enjoy life),

- isolation and/or loneliness, 

- persistent fatigue; burnout,

- difficulties with concentration and/or memory,

- insomnia,

- preoccupying, worrying thoughts (about oneself and/or close persons);  these can be followed by actions (e.g., cleaning, (hand)washing, counting, multiple-checking),

- anger outbursts,

- physical complaints with confirmed lack of organic/biological causes  (fast heart beating, pain in the stomach, severe headaches, sensation of skin itching),

- difficulties in interpersonal relationships (partner and/or family, work, environment),

- intimacy concerns; sexuality; promiscuity