Our nervous systems are incredible information centers that possess a wisdom that can sometimes be very difficult for us to extract and use in constructive ways. Past traumas, hurts, chronic stress, and resentments are a few reasons that can make this task even more challenging. Not to mention the years we typically spend in childhood and early adulthood trying to escape our anxieties rather than lean into them.

These blocks or defenses have incredible survival value, so they need to be honored and celebrated. They can become problematic later on in life if they are relied on too heavily, though, showing up as feeling stuck, hopeless, and repeating unhelpful patterns.

Therapy is all about working on being as authentic as possible about your feelings, fantasies, impulses, desires, and fears. When this happens, you enhance awareness about your emotional and unconscious blocks and experiences that may be getting in the way or trying to help you.