Peggy Horwitz, LCSW
psychotherapy and
mindfulness training
Contact:
212-971-4422
Committed to Your Well-Being
Individual Psychotherapy
Services
Couples Psychotherapy
Mindfulness Training for Individuals, Couples or Groups
Couples tend to seek help when they feel stuck in patterns of relating to each other that aren't working, are disruptive, or destructive to the relationship and/or the family. They also seek help when faced with an important decision to make including whether to get married, have children, break up, or to cope with the effects of infidelity. Couples therapy provides a safe space, where you will:
- Discover the origins of the underlying problems in the relationship
- Develop effective listening skills
- Develop effective ways to identify and articulate thoughts, feelings and needs
- Learn to diffuse arguments
- Differentiate between family history and current events
- Learn to value, accept and work with each person's strengths and limitations
- Work together towards common goals
- Increase feelings and expressions of intimacy
Mindfulness is a process of bringing your attention to whatever thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations arise in the moment without judging your experiences. Bringing attention to your full experience, helps individuals and couples:
- Develop personal insight and awareness
- Develop self-understanding, acceptance and freedom to change
- Develop an ability to observe and reflect on your thoughts, feelings and sensory reactions
- Develop an ability to make thoughtful choices versus being impulsive
- Improve attention, focus, productivity, reduce unnecessary distractions
- Reduce anxiety and improve ability to respond to symptoms of anxiety
- Develop compassion for yourself and others
If you have any questions regarding beginning psychotherapy or are interested in having a speaker come to your business or healthcare center, I would like to hear from you at info@peggyhorwitz.com or 212.971.4422.
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
~ Joseph Campbell
Individuals seek psychotherapy when they experience either an event or symptom that causes some degree of distress. Both the nature and degree of symptoms are unique to each individual, but might include difficulty managing thought patterns or belief systems, emotional reactions and/or behaviors. Psychotherapy can help you:
- Become curious and interested in yourself
- Develop the capacity to self-reflect
- Develop skills to better manage anxiety and your response to stressful situations
- Feel in charge of your feelings of sadness, shame, anger, confusion, fear etc.
- Feel in charge of your actions, including unwanted patterns of behavior
- Develop the ability to express yourself more authentically and freely
- Develop skills to improve your feelings of self-worth
- Improve relationships with others
- Cultivate your creativity and feelings of vitality
- Cultivate compassion for yourself and others
Mindfulness Training for Healthcare Professionals
Mindfulness can help healthcare professionals in the following ways:
- Reduce potential burnout
- Improve sense of competency
- Improve listening skills and therapeutic presence
- Connect authentically and effectively with your patients
- Cultivate a collaborative and trusting relationship with your patients
- Establish and maintain empathy for your patients
- Employ more skillful and effective interventions
- Improve patient satisfaction and compliance
