Deciding to change the way we think, feel and behave is rarely easy. Change is scary. It causes us to leave our comfort zones — what we're used to — whether what we're used to has worked or not.
Personal growth and change means coming face-to-face with our fears. And most of us will do just about anything we can to avoid confronting the things we fear most. But our fears — whether conscious or unconscious — must be confronted in order to be overcome.
Over the course of my 15+ years as a professional therapist, I've worked with people from incredibly diverse backgrounds. My clients have included business owners, doctors, gardeners, clergy, teachers, musicians, janitors, athletes, and even other therapists.
But, regardless of whether they are parents, brothers or sisters, gay or lesbian, or married or single, many of them tried just about everything imaginable to avoid or skirt around the obstacles in their lives before deciding therapy was their best, if not only, solution.
Learning How To Create Change
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
While it is often easy to see where others' faults lie — where they have made poor choices or are stuck in self-perpetuating cycles — we rarely have the same clarity and objectivity when it comes to our own lives. If the changes you need to make to achieve your goals were obvious and simple, you would have figured them out by now. Making conscious what is unconscious can be extremely difficult.
Even if you believe you know what changes you need to make, how often do you find yourself unable to follow through? Work, life, family, friends and our relationships all seem to have a way of intervening and confounding our most well-intentioned and earnest efforts to change who we are and achieve the success we know is possible.
Psychotherapy can help you recognize and let go of subconscious patterns and beliefs that aren't bringing you the results you desire. And counseling services provided by a trained professional can help you see and change your assumptions about your relationships and the world.
The Road Less Traveled, The Road To Success
Our assumptions — conscious or not — about ourselves, others, and our relationships can cause us to stop living life in the moment and revert to an internal script of how we believe life to be.
Whether you are young or elderly, seeking help individually, as a couple, or as a family — a licensed therapist, psychologist or counselor can help you acknowledge and remove any false assumptions, negative internal scripts, and self-defeating cycles. Psychotherapy and counseling can result in profoundly positive change and help you live a life truly worth celebrating!
You Are Important
I congratulate you for recognizing the need for help and for taking the first step to change your life for the better and achieve your goals.
It is crucial to our happiness, well being, and life, that we learn about ourselves and that we accept and use our unique talents, intelligence and skills to create the best life possible for ourselves and those we love.
I see individuals and couples blossom all the time. In a short time, they get past pain they've suffered for years and doors to a new happiness open. This is why I love the work I do.
It is an honor and my pleasure to help you live the most fulfilling and rewarding life possible. So, give me a call or send me an e-mail.
When you're serious about change For an appointment leave a message, 24 hours a day, and
I will return your call – no obligation: (408) 582-2121.
Or for more information e-mail me at adrian@adrianRmedina.com.
Adrian R. Medina, M.A., LMFT
1754 Technology Drive, Suite 133, San Jose, CA 95110
