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Adult Therapy: 

When you're tired of holding everything together.

Maybe you're the person everyone depends on.

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​You keep going, handle what needs to be handled, take care of other people, and from the outside, it may look like you're doing just fine.

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But inside, you may feel anxious, overwhelmed, exhausted, disconnected, resentful, or simply not like yourself anymore.

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Maybe you're questioning a relationship, navigating a major life change, struggling with something from your past, or realizing that the ways you've learned to cope aren't working the way they once did.

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Sometimes you can't even explain exactly what's wrong.

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You just know you don't want to keep feeling this way

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Therapy Can Help You Understand What's Underneath It

  • We won't only focus on getting through the next difficult moment.

  • We'll get curious about the "why."

  • Why does this keep triggering you?

  • Why is it so hard to set boundaries?

  • Why do you keep putting yourself last?

  • Why do certain relationship patterns keep repeating?

  • Why do you understand something logically but still react differently emotionally?

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Understanding those patterns isn't about blaming yourself or your past. It's about giving you more choices in how you respond now.

 

Together, we'll work toward greater self-understanding while building practical tools for managing emotions, communicating your needs, setting boundaries, coping with stress, and creating changes that fit your real life.

We may work on:

  • Anxiety and overwhelm

  • Stress and burnout

  • Relationships and communication

  • Trauma and past experiences

  • Emotional regulation

  • Confidence and self-worth

  • Parenting changes

  • Divorce or separation

  • Career and identity changes

  • Empty nest transitions

  • Starting over

  • Repeating patterns you don't understand​

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You don't need to become a different person.

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Therapy can help you better understand the person you already are.

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We'll explore what's happening, where certain patterns may have come from, what you need now, and what you want to change.

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And we won't stop at understanding.

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We'll work on practical ways to respond differently, communicate differently, cope differently, and take better care of yourself outside of therapy.

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Maybe you know something needs to change—you just don't know where to begin.

 

That's okay.

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You don't have to figure that out before coming to therapy.

 

We can start there.

Ready to see if we're a good fit?

 

I provide telehealth therapy for adults throughout Maine.

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