A Balanced Life Therapy

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A Balanced Life Therapy

Do you want to make your life more wonderful?
Sometimes life just doesn't go the way we planned? We
all have circumstances and personal patterns that are
challenging -- and these patterns show up most readily
in our close relationships. Personal issues often show
up as anxiety, depression, lack of direction and purpose,
issues of self-esteem, perceiving oneself as a victim, and
trouble getting into or staying in a relationship.
Couples get into trouble when they engage is the
following: criticism, the need to be right, defensiveness,
unrestrained venting, controlling your partner, contempt,
retaliation and withdrawal. Couples often get caught in
an unconscious “dance” where one partner feels
superior (a one-up position) and the other feels less-than
(a one-down position). The real problem is that no one
can love from being either one-up or one-down. Love
only flourishes when both partners realize they are of
equal value and have equal say in the relationship.

The good news is our pain and our needs point to where
we can become more conscious and make significant
and substantial changes.

Life has it’s challenges, that's a given. How we deal with
those challenges and the attitude we have about them
can improve. My job –as I see it—is to help people open
their minds and hearts. Then, they can love themselves
and others, find their purpose and fulfillment in life, and
live primarily in gratitude and joy.

I am committed to loving connection. Empowering
people to connect and re-connect is my life’s work. I
work with individuals and couples -- helping them
experience the joy in living and in relating.
Jane Myers Drew, Ph.D.

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Day Evening Appointments

Email janedrew@roadrunner.com.License: PSY 10077