Healing, Transformation, Change
Individual and Couple Therapy
YOUR LIFE STORY – MAKING THE CHANGES YOU HOPE FOR
My therapy method is to listen deeply to your life story, understand the essence of your past experiences and the meaning you have given them.
By understanding yourself, your past, and your patterns of relating, you come to appreciate where you are today, and how to start making meaningful change.
WHOSE LIFE AM I LIVING?
As you gain a greater understanding of your life story, some questions may arise: “Whose life am I living?” “Whose hopes and dreams am I fulfilling?”
We may feel we have to succeed in a way that others need us to succeed. We may look on Instagram and wonder why everyone else’s life is so great and ours is not. We may worry we’re not living up to our potential. Or we may feel “stuck” and wonder how we’ve ended up in a dead end, whether it’s a troubled relationship, an empty nest, or an unfulfilling job.
Understanding and reframing your story can help you move from stuck to unstuck.
INDIVIDUAL AND COUPLE THERAPY
As we work together, I will help you deepen your understanding of your life story, through the method of Coherent Narrative Therapy™.
In this process, you can discover how your past plays out in the present: everything from work and career, friendships and family relationships. You may realize that the story you have been telling yourself contains distortions that are creating suffering, such as feeling stuck.
Together, we will discover the ‘coherence’ of your stuckness – the how and why you have become stuck – and what will make it safe to change. Then you can begin re-framing your personal story, and create a new narrative where you become the author of your future.
Because we are wired for love and connection, we look for ways to expand and deepen the relationships that are most important to us. Feelings of disconnection can cause significant distress and interfere with feeling close, safe and bonded with the persons we love.
When hurts and problems have not been identified and overcome, our interactions can become interpersonal cycles of distress and pain from which we see no way forward.
In the same ways that couples can be the co-creators of their negative cycles of pain, through therapy couples can also be the co-creators of new ways of meeting each other’s needs, developing emotional closeness, and a secure and loving relationship.
For couples wanting to heal their relationships, I am trained in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), a powerful tool that helps couples create a more connected, loving, resilient, emotionally safe, and intimate bond.
Cheryl Pearlman, LCSW
Therapist for individuals and couples
It’s time to heal the hurt. Let’s talk.
Email: cherylpearlmanpsychotherapist@gmail.com
Phone: (718) 514-3332