Paul J Letendre

Message to clients

I’m guessing I’m not the first line of help you have tried. Most people come to me after having tried self-help books or even past attempts at therapy. They are smart and sensitive people who already know a bit about themselves, and now they want to go deeper.

I think more people are becoming aware of the research findings that the therapy relationship is more responsible for treatment outcome than the techniques or brand of therapy that gets used. What may be lesser known is that this fact doesn’t necessarily imply that the therapy relationship will always feel good. Rather, it means that the therapeutic relationship seeks to accommodate the full range of complex feelings that past relationships have not been able to – the good, the bad, and the messy.

We are highly relational beings, and if aspects of our personhood can become compromised through past interpersonal experiences, that means new interpersonal experiences offer us the potential to work through where we are stuck. Practicing trust in therapy can be very hard. I promise you there is no right or wrong way to do this work; there is only your way. Let's check-in often on how you're feeling.

We don't know each other yet, and I can't say exactly what will happen in therapy once we do. All I can say with certainty is that something will happen, and when it does, I will be there with you. Please message me now with your availability for a free Zoom consultation.