About Metropolitan Psychotherapy and Health Coaching, LLC

Metropolitan Psychotherapy is a behavioral health care service that embraces three components:

Service may be accessed from each service component independently.
Additionally, Lifestyle Coaching may be combined with general psychotherapy or with mind-body therapy.

Virtual sessions only, until further notice.

1. General Behavioral Health Therapies:

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is the basic modality employed in general behavioral health interventions/treatments. Integrations from other modalities such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy are made when the issue being addressed and process logic indicate that this is advisable.

Issues Addressed:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress – personal, interpersonal, family, work
• Marital/Relationship Issues
• Parent-Child Problems
• *Psychological, Emotional and Behavioral Child and Adolescent Problems
• Psychological Reaction to Physical Illness

Populations Served:

• Individual Adults
• Couples
• Seniors
• Adolescents
• Children – start age 11 years.

*(Until further notice, service to children starts at 11 years old.)

2. Mind-Body Therapy:

Here, the primary treatment modality is energy-based psychotherapy. The medium for treatment is the human energy system. Likely benefits of this approach are shorter treatment time, likely resolution of difficult and chronic behavioral and emotional issues, greater possibility of permanent change.

Other mind-body approaches – Hypnotherapy and EMDR (Rapid Eye Movement Desensitization) may be used as issue, need and client preference indicate.

Issues Addressed:

• Trauma
• PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• Abuse – sexual and physical
• Addictive Behaviors – Cravings, Smoking, Alcohol Dependence,
• Complicated Psychological Reaction to Physical Illness
• Physical Reaction to Psychological Factors in Experience
• Specific Chronic Physical Issues:
• Pain, Fibromyalgia, Gastro-Intestinal Issues (gastric ulcers, chronic bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis)

Populations Served:

• Individual Adults
• Seniors
• Small Groups - (Persons experiencing like conditions. Available based on client preference and selection).

3. Lifestyle Health Coaching:

Lifestyle Coaching guide and support clients to establish a roadmap for optimal health and longevity and to identify and implement steps in habit change and habit formation to make their goal a reality. Coaching is a client driven process. The coach guides, supports, motivates. The client leads with action.

Coaching is not therapy but it can be pursued in conjunction with therapy. That combination is offered here at Metro Psychotherapy.

Issues Addressed:

• Expressed Desire for Coaching
• Physical, Psychological, Emotional and Behavioral Concerns that interfere with living or with performing optimally; Health issues that a) repeat, b) defy explanation or both, c) are unresponsive to current/traditional treatment
• Chronic Illnesses: Special Consideration - Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Gastro-Intestinal Conditions: Chronic Bowel Syndrome, Stomach Ulcers, Ulcerative Colitis

Populations Served:

• Individual Adults
• Seniors
• Small Groups - (Persons experiencing like conditions. Available based on client preference and selection).