Live an empowered life!
The best investment you can make is in yourself.
- Dismantle imposter syndrome
- Identify self-limiting beliefs
- Increase your confidence
- Deepen your self-love
- Gain skills for self-compassion
- Cultivate the life you want to live
Therapy for Personal Empowerment
What is personal empowerment?
Personal empowerment means you're able to take charge of your life and live your life in a way that is meaningful and purposeful to you.
Personal empowerment is about knowing your self-worth, loving yourself, and making your own choices. An empowered person does not let others determine how they should live.
Empowered people feel equipped and capable of making sound decisions based on their core values. They're motivated to work towards their life goals, and when they face challenges, they focus on their strengths and use healthy coping skills.
An empowered person is also self-aware. Personal empowerment is linked to self-esteem and being secure within yourself.
Personal empowerment is not about having power or control over others.
The need to have power and control over others stems from insecurity. It is uncommon for a genuinely empowered person to have any desire to gain power or control over others. Instead, empowered people seek to uplift and encourage others to live the best versions of themselves.
How is therapy for empowerment different from other forms of therapy?
Empowerment therapy focuses on strengthening self-esteem and confidence building.
Other forms of therapy typically focus on treatment to reduce symptoms associated with a mental health disorder or getting support to recover from a challenging life event.
Malissa offers personal empowerment therapy for clients primarily interested in increasing their confidence, strengthening their self-esteem, working through self-limiting beliefs, and developing assertive communication skills.
Clients who participate in empowerment therapy with Malissa will have the opportunity to:
- Identify unhelpful and negative thoughts about themselves.
- Restructure unhelpful and harmful beliefs about themselves.
- Learn how and when to use assertive communication.
- Learn how to set and maintain interpersonal boundaries.
- Be taught how to use mindfulness to increase their self-awareness.
- Develop self-compassion skills.
- Deepen their self-love.
- Increase their self-esteem and confidence.
- Reconnect with their values.
How often will I need to meet with my therapist?
Most clients starting empowerment therapy will meet with Malissa weekly or every other week.
Frequent sessions are helpful when clients are initially identifying and working through negative self-talk and learning how to use the skills that are introduced in therapy sessions.
Over time they reduce the frequency of therapy sessions to monthly or as needed.
Some clients prefer to meet less frequently starting, and that's okay.
Malissa will work closely with you at the start of your therapy to help you determine how often your therapy sessions will be based on your needs and consider your budget.