NOT SURE

You do not need a name for it yet.

Some people arrive knowing exactly what they want help with. Others arrive with something real happening but not a clear way to describe it yet. Both are places we can begin.

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MOST PEOPLE DO NOT COME IN WITH A CLEAN CATEGORY

They come in with things like:

You keep thinking about something you cannot resolve.

You understand your situation, but understanding it has not changed what happens.

You are not sure if this is “big enough” to bring to therapy, but it is not going away either.

You are trying to decide whether the problem is the situation or the way you are responding to it.

Life looks fine from the outside and doesn’t feel quite right from where you are.

WHAT THE WORK LOOKS LIKE

Sessions

We slow things down enough to see what is happening. Not just what happened, but how the problem works. We start each session with whatever is on your mind, or what you feel is the most important or urgent to you.

Focus

I listen for what repeats, what sets it off, what changes in different situations, what meaning it has for you, the depth of the impact on you, what you feel and why you feel it, and help put language to your internal experience.

None. You do not need a conclusion about a problem to begin working on it. Uncertainty is not a barrier, it is often the starting point. Many people feel like a part of them wants to begin and a part of them doesn’t.

Requirements

Movement

You may start to notice that you don’t need to figure all of it out before you can talk about it. You can separate what is happening from what you fear it means about you, and that its a relief to talk to a person who gets you.

ORGANIZING UNDERSTANDING

Once Things Feel More Recognizable, the Work Becomes More Specific.

At that point, we may focus on areas like:

Anxiety and rumination
Relationship patterns
Perfectionism and performance pressure
Life decisions and transitions
Burnout and depletion
Trauma-related patterns

None of these are required to begin. They are ways of organizing understanding after clarity emerges, not before.

Anna Keylina, LCSW

Some people want a therapist who mostly listens. Others want someone who actively thinks with them, challenges assumptions, offers perspective, helps clarify what is happening beneath the surface, and helps them think in new ways. If you’re looking for the latter, we’ll probably work well together.

I am active in sessions. I ask questions, point out patterns as they emerge, and help translate experience into something you can work with outside the hour.