Psychotherapy Vienna 1070

Fear and worry can take up a great deal of room. Perhaps you think about certain situations constantly, find it hard to switch off, or feel tense and restless inside. Sometimes it is not even easy to say what is actually going on – you only notice that something is no longer right. In psychotherapy we can look at what is occupying you and at what lies behind these fears and worries. The point is not to simply make unpleasant feelings go away, but to understand them better and to find more confidence in dealing with them.

When a great deal comes together over a longer period, your own strength can eventually run out. You feel exhausted, irritable or constantly under pressure, can no longer really switch off, or have the sense that you are only functioning. Work-related stress in particular can play a large part in this. In therapy you can step out of that functioning for a while and look calmly at what is weighing on you, at what you are missing, and at where your own limits lie.

There are phases in which a great deal becomes harder. The joy in things that once felt good disappears, drive is missing, or you withdraw more and more. Perhaps self-doubt, emptiness or the feeling of barely being able to manage everyday life comes on top of that. Even when much of it carries on outwardly, it can feel quite different inside. Psychotherapy can create a space in which what is difficult right now is given room, and in which you can better understand what is going on inside you.

Our relationships can stir up a great deal in us. Perhaps you find it hard to voice your own needs, to set boundaries, or to let others really come close. Perhaps you keep ending up in similar relationship patterns, or doubt whether you truly matter to other people. Separations or recurring conflicts can be very hard to carry as well. In therapy we can look together at what you experience in relationships, and at which ideas about yourself and about others play a part in that.

Sometimes we are occupied by questions that cannot simply be answered: Who am I? What do I actually want? How do I want to live, and with whom? This can concern your own identity, sexual orientation or sexuality, but also your relationship to your own body and to your self-image. It can become particularly difficult when your own wishes do not fit what others expect, or what you yourself have long believed about yourself. In therapy you can speak openly about such topics – without having to justify or explain yourself.

Sometimes something in life falls out of balance. A separation, a loss, a change at work or an important decision can call a great deal into question. Even transitions where everything appears to be fine from the outside can be unsettling inwardly. Perhaps you do not know right now how things should go on, or you notice that you do not want to carry on as before. Therapy can help you to pause, to sort out your own situation and to find out what matters to you now.