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The goal of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is to create lasting understanding of the causes of your suffering and lasting changes with respect to your dealing with these hidden feelings that are at the core of your suffering. Successful therapy helps you to find a more satisfying, wholesome and emotionally engaged quality of life and life experiences. When relationships are at risk,   Dawn Shifreen – Pomerantz might urge couples counseling or marriage counseling as part of the therapeutic mix.

People, who come to Dawn, often have sought other kinds of help. It may have been talking things over with a close friend or family member. Perhaps it was discussing issues in your life with your pastor, minister or rabbi. Or you might have read some self-help books to find a way to overcome the stressors in your life. At best, these attempts had a short term impact or none at all.

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Life changing events can cause unwanted changes in a person's mental state. These events are things such as the death of a loved one, divorce, job loss, having been a crime victim, serving in the military in a combat zone or financial distress. While it is normal to feel “blue” for a while after events such as these, prolonged changes in your state of mind should prompt you to seek professional help in overcoming the negative feelings associated with a loss.

Left untreated, these feelings can lead to self-destructive behavior, obsessive or compulsive disorders, difficulties in relationships, reliving of a traumatic event, physical ailments (psychosomatic), anxiety, depression, attention deficits and eating disorders. Each of these reduces your quality of life – each day is something to get through rather than an opportunity to experience new and wonderful things.

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