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Psychological Services, LLP 2610 Wycliff Road, Suite 103 Raleigh, NC 27607 Near Lake Boone Trail and 440 Beltline> Phone: 782-2933 X 1 (Raleigh) Durham/Chapel Hill Location Phone: 942-9574 Chapel Hill Email This Therapist - |
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INTERESTS SPECIALTIES Loss Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Life Transitions Mid-Life Issues Divorce Adjustment Unlocking Creativity Developing Your own identity Intimacy Issues Couples Communication GROUP AND WORKSHOP Men’s Issues |
He is a humanistic therapist whose approach emphasizes the “meaning” of each person’s struggles and symptoms. He also respects the psychodynamic approach to treatment which emphasizes the importance of our early life experiences and the value of dreams in deciphering the deeper, more hidden levels of the psyche. Lou’s own life experience informs his approaches to treatment. He left a lengthy career as a political science professor in order to return to school and gain training as a psychotherapist. He is a writer who has published three books of poems and has a broad interest in the arts. He has also been involved in the “men’s movement” for over a decade. Each of these aspects of his life help him to tune into his clients’ issues. Problems of initiating or adjusting to change, the effort to call on one’s creativity, and the particular struggles that men face in finding their own hearts - all of these have strong resonance in Lou’s own life. Lou is eclectic in his work - adapting the approach to fit the needs and life situation of each client. He calls on a variety of methods and approaches ranging from an emphasis on reworking one’s ways of thinking to capturing deep emotional reconnection. He also believes that artistic work and journaling can play an important role in clarification and deepening for many clients. In each case, Lou emphasizes the importance of being “present” during the session so that psychotherapy can be a genuine encounter between two people. Psychotherapy can provide a “time out’ to help us focus on issues we are too busy to attend to in our daily lives. It can be an educational process in which we find out more about ourselves and develop specific skills, including tolerance for our own and others’ emotions. Therapy can provide a place where couples can learn to know and appreciate each others’ inner lives. It can also provide a life-changing encounter in which we confront issues that have blocked and frustrated us for many years. Although therapy requires seriousness and careful attention, Lou’s approach also emphasizes the need to be real, to enjoy the therapy process and to develop a sense of delight and discovery as the work progresses. Professional Affiliations: Last Update November 18, 2005 For questions or comments about send email to WEB Page designed and developed by |
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Lou Lipsitz, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who has practiced psychotherapy for ten years since his retirement from a professorship in political science at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Lou’s career change has made him especially sensitive to the uniqueness of each person’s life journey. He has a general adult practice including individuals and couples. His specialties include men’s issues, grief work, depression, creativity, and life transitions.