Psychotherapy is work.  Anything worthwhile is worth the effort it takes.  

Healing, growth and change come about gradually, through consistent and sustained effort.  It is through the investment and efforts made in the psychotherapeutic process that brings the reward of satisfaction and self-worth.   

No one can heal, change or grow from the same level of awareness that  creates or sustains one’s suffering.  It requires the ability to think, feel and act in new ways, and to learn to see one’s self from a new perspective.  

In meaningful psychotherapy work you can expect:

• To understand your past and look to your future in new ways.  
• To discover opportunities in the present to be explored and risked.  
• To be offered other ways of thinking that create possibilities for new choices and new behaviors.
• To learn to view your therapist as a resource for change.
• To become more willing and capable of being accompanied where you are, and to be pointed towards places you might never go on your own.

AN ORIENTATION TO MY WAY OF WORKING

The type of intensive psychotherapy I provide involves a collaborative effort between therapist and client.  I also incorporate a body-oriented approach to my work with some clients.  I believe strongly in the importance of literal and concrete ways of experiencing changes in one’s self physically through focused breath, attention to habitual tensions, and learning more about one’s own style of habitually organizing their body and minds to be in the world. 

 One’s psychological and emotional experience of well-being is obtained by cultivating an “embodied mind”, one that is capable of thinking alongside another’s.  This ability allows us to feel deeply rooted in ourselves, and available to interact with the world around us in life-giving ways.  

I find  working with deepest psychological and physical orientations not only helps people understand themselves more fully, it also allows them to feel more a part of life, rather than simply an observer who is separated or isolated from life.

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LOGISTICS

Fees:  My fee for an individual session is $140.00.  Payments by check are to be made to “Michael Mervosh”. Individual sessions are of 55 minutes duration.  Typically, I see people on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, but that determined on a case-to-case basis. 

I do not participate in any in-network insurance coverage; I am only eligible as an out-of-network provider.  I send out monthly statements to you that you can submit for third party reimbursement. If you are setting up phone sessions with me, I will provide you with my private session number.

Schedule:  I see clients mostly during the days Monday through Thursday.  I presently only see individuals until 6:00 p.m. on these days. I take a total of 12 weeks away from client work annually to give and receive professional training, to conduct workshops and to take vacation. 

Communications: I handle client communication primarily through email, and secondarily through phone calls to my answering machine. When calling, it helps me greatly if you indicate times when I would be most likely to reach you directly.   

If you have any questions or concerns about the nature of my work, talk with me about them.  The type of psychotherapy I provide requires a significant commitment from each of us, and any worthwhile therapeutic process can sometimes be uncomfortable and anxiety producing, so I want to do whatever possible to ease any unnecessary concerns you may have as you work with me.