Psychologists are not one-size-fits-all and in my practice, I work with (a) teens and adults on (b) stress and anxiety or (c)ADD/ADHD. The people I work with have usually spent a several months thinking about starting therapy but haven't because they think, "Yes my stress level is really high right now but there's also a lot that's going well so what do I have to complain about?" Or maybe they think, "There are people dealing with way more serious things than me, I don't want to waste someone's time." Any yet, even though things are going well on paper, it feels like there's something holding them back or getting in the way. For some, that means not doing as well at work or on the soccer team because they keep getting in their head about things. For others, it's spending too much time on work or school which is leading to stress and feeling burned out. And for others, it's ADHD symptoms causing stress or anxiety and getting in the way of them showing their full potential. Regardless of how it shows up or where it shows, for most of the people I work with, it's a kind of persistent, sticky low level of stress that just seems to get in the way of living their best life. WHAT: The work we do is not about me "fixing" things (alas, no magic wands here), it's usually about finding the small tweaks in how people are approaching things that make the difference. It's spotting what are my default approaches or assumptions and how do I shift what I'm doing so I get a different outcome. WHEN: We would start out meeting weekly and then switch over to doing every-other-week (usually after 6-8weeks but it varies). Because I want our work to be as helpful and effective as possible, I don't start out with every-other-week sessions. HOW: Since the pandemic I have shifted to doing telehealth only. To be honest, I was highly skeptical about telehealth to start but I have found it actually works *better* for people than doing in person. If we are meeting in person at 3pm, then you have to block the 3pm hour for the appointment, but also part of your 2pm and 4pm hour for travel time, and then how much are you really going to get done before heading for the appointment... It's a 45 minute appointment but it "costs" at least twice that. However, for most people, it's pretty easy to block out one hour each week or every other week. Since we would have a regular, recurring meeting time, it's easy to build that in. Once you start feeling a bit better, you won't want to be trekking into an office for appointment, other things will start taking a higher priority so I've found that with telehealth, it's actually much easier for people to be consistent and they're less likely to stop early when doing telehealth so people get more out of it.