Individual Psychotherapy

There are many advantages to individual one on one therapy. Throughout many years of practice, Dr. Silverman has analyzed that one to one therapy sessions can help alleviate a variety of stressors.

These advantages include the following:

• The client may feel more comfortable disclosing personal information that might otherwise be embarrassing. Only the therapist will know the client’s issues, except in a few select circumstances were the therapist is required
  to break the ethical principle of confidentiality.
• No one else has to know that the person is in therapy.
• Individual therapy sessions can be paced according to the needs of the
  individual. The therapy moves along at a pace that is comfortable for the singular client in therapy.
• The therapist concentrates specifically on the client, and the therapist does not spread attention to other individuals.
• The therapeutic alliance, which is the cooperative efforts of the client and therapist together toward solving the client’s issues, is much stronger in individual sessions than it is with members of groups.
• As a result of the more intimate nature of the client/therapist relationship, it is easier to explore issues and to develop individualized approaches to treating
  or dealing with the individual’s issues.
• The client does not have to listen to the problems and issues of other people that may not be relevant to them.

If you think you would benefit from a one to one therapy session, please feel free to book your first session with me, Dr. Silverman, here.

Want to know more or would be more comfortable in a group setting? Please check out our Group Psychotherapy page.