Joe Turner, MA, LAPC
I see therapy as a way to bring language and vision to the deep emotional experiences that don’t open themselves to our everyday thinking. These life and relationship issues happen for everyone, regardless of lifestyle, sexual orientation or position on the gender continuum.
You may just want to deal with an immediate issue and move on. Or, you may want to explore the emotional or spiritual side of what you do. In therapy, we can look below the surface and create change. We can integrate experiences that isolate and separate. We can turn voices of self-doubt and criticism into allies.
Therapy isn’t really about history. It’s about the way things feel. It can help with difficult questions:
- How do you find more fulfilling, life-affirming ways to scratch the itch that drives addictions and obsessions?
- How do you transform the perspective of being part of a social minority into a vision of personal integrity and identity?
- How do you come to terms with the realities of aging, including satisfying sexual expression?
About our work together
I received my Masters degree in psychology in a program that combined academic study and professional internships. Besides professional training, I have many years of experience with life situations including anxiety, depression, substance abuse and non-mainstream life choices and identities. I bring life-skills and empathy to your work on any level.
Our work may come from a wide range of theory and techniques, but we’ll emphasize humanistic approaches that aim at a sense of wholeness and freedom. We may work with mindfulness, internal systems, and patterns of thinking.
The work is sometimes hard and sometimes surprisingly easy, sometimes uncomfortable and sometimes filled with joy. You may discover pleasantly surprising things about your own interior life.
Selecting a therapist is a highly personal decision. The match should support the work even when it’s challenging. Contact me. Let’s work together.