Exploring Meaning, Purpose, and What Matters Most to You

Existential therapy is an approach to psychotherapy that focuses on the questions and experiences that are part of being human. At different points in life, you may find yourself questioning who you are, what you want, what gives your life meaning, or how you want to spend the time you have.

You may also experience periods of uncertainty, loneliness, grief, anxiety, or a sense of feeling disconnected from yourself or your life. Existential therapy provides space to explore these experiences without assuming that every difficult feeling needs to be immediately fixed or eliminated.

Monica works with clients to explore the questions, values, and experiences that feel most meaningful to them.

Navigating Life's Uncertainties

Life often involves uncertainty. You may not always know which decision is right, where a relationship is going, what the future will look like, or whether you are living in a way that feels true to who you are.

While uncertainty can be uncomfortable, existential therapy recognizes that it is also an unavoidable part of life. Rather than focusing solely on finding certainty, therapy can help you develop a greater capacity to tolerate the unknown and make choices despite not having all of the answers.

Monica may help you explore the fears and emotions that arise when you are faced with uncertainty, transition, or important decisions.

Freedom, Choice, and Responsibility

One of the central ideas in existential therapy is that, while there are many circumstances in life that are outside of your control, you often have more influence over how you respond than you may realize.

This awareness can feel both empowering and uncomfortable. Having choices means accepting some responsibility for the direction of your life, even when the available options are difficult.

Therapy can provide an opportunity to explore where you may feel stuck, powerless, or disconnected from your ability to make choices. Monica works with clients to identify the areas in which they may have greater freedom and agency and to explore what it means to make choices that are aligned with their values.

Developing a More Authentic Life

It can be easy to move through life according to expectations from family, culture, relationships, or society without stopping to consider what you genuinely want.

Existential therapy encourages you to explore questions such as:

Who am I apart from the expectations of others?

What matters most to me?

What kind of life do I want to create?

What does it mean for me to live authentically?

How do I want to use my time and energy?

As you develop a clearer understanding of your values and priorities, you may become better able to make decisions that feel more aligned with the life you want to live.

Making Space for Difficult Human Experiences

Existential therapy recognizes that certain experiences, including loss, loneliness, uncertainty, and awareness of mortality, are universal aspects of being human.

These experiences can create anxiety and emotional pain, but they can also lead to deeper reflection and personal growth.

Monica provides a supportive space to explore these experiences and the questions they may bring forward. Rather than viewing every difficult emotion as a problem to solve, therapy can help you understand what your emotions may be communicating and how they connect to what matters most to you.

Who May Benefit From Existential Therapy?

Existential therapy may be helpful if you find yourself experiencing:

• Questions about meaning or purpose

• Uncertainty about your identity or direction in life

• Difficulty making important decisions

• Anxiety about the future or the unknown

• Feelings of loneliness or disconnection

• Grief and questions related to loss

• Major life transitions

• A desire to live more authentically

• A sense that something in your life needs to change, even if you are not yet sure what

Existential therapy can provide a meaningful space to explore the deeper questions that arise throughout life.

The goal is not for Monica to provide answers about how you should live. Instead, she works with you to explore your own values, experiences, and beliefs so that you can develop a clearer understanding of what feels meaningful and authentic to you.