Individual Therapy
Through therapy, Dr. Agree will help you understand and overcome the internal obstacles that prevent you from enjoying a full and gratifying life. Therapy is also a place to discover and develop your untapped personal potential, awakening the dormant sense of vitality and excitement that you long to recapture.
Not feel devastated by other people’s behavior
Choose better partners and friends
Feel okay being alone
Not feel guilty so often
Be unafraid to say “No,” to set boundaries & take risks
Initial meeting
During your first meeting, Dr. Agree will be interested in learning what has brought you in, and what you are looking for. She will ask questions to get a sense of your situation and how she can help you. Your comfort with the therapy process is important, and Dr. Agree is always happy to discuss any of your questions or concerns.
Read more about Your First Visit.
History & assessment
Dr. Agree will spend two to four sessions learning about you, your background and personal history. Together, you will discuss your extended family, close relationships, and early memories. During this time, she will also informally assess your mentalization skills, attachment patterns, and other aspects of your psychological functioning, so as to structure therapy to meet your specific needs.
For those who wish to take a “deep dive” into their psychological experience, Dr. Agree offers a more comprehensive psychological assessment. This protocol involves a series (usually 3 or 4) of psychological tests that focus on how you define yourself, your experience of close relationships, your current conflicts, and the ways you tend to approach thoughts and feelings. This comprehensive assessment can accelerate therapy by quickly identifying underlying conflicts and defensive strategies.
Dr. Agree also offers stand-alone personality assessments for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of their personality structure and function without engaging in therapy.
Written analysis
Following the assessment process, Dr. Agree will provide you with a written formulation. This is a brief document in which she outlines important themes involving your experience of yourself and others. The process is fluid and flexible, and is meant to ensure that you and Dr. Agree start off “on the same page,” and that you feel understood.
Personality assessments
Dr. Agree also offers stand-alone personality assessments for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of their personality structure and function without therapy.
Periodic review
Dr. Agree believes your feelings and opinions about therapy are important to your success. She will periodically solicit your feedback regarding what seems to be working for you, or not, and encourages you to bring up these issues whenever they arise.
Effective psychotherapy
is the only means of permanently overcoming emotional pain, chaos and confusion, and experiencing lasting joy, strength and love.
