Rogers Family Therapy

It's okay to want to spend time alone.

It's okay to say no.

It's okay to speak up.

It's Okay t to do nothing

Timothy Rogers, MA, LMFT

- A SHRINK HELPING YOU EXPAND

I'm Tim and I am a California State Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFC101500). I hold a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology, and am in pursuit of my PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology.

We need people who are going to reopen our wounds. That’s the only way we heal them. We can’t heal by avoiding. We heal by going through, (not 'getting over') by reopening, by learning, by feeling the pain and transforming it with the people who will stand by us as we do. Because if we don't transform our suffering, we will transmit it.

You don’t have to be hopeful about the future. It’s enough just to be curious about what is coming. The relationship I hope to establish with you is one in which we both gain insight into how you work best.

IT’S FINALLY ALL ABOUT YOU

It's a relationship that is professional and intimate. Authentic and empathic. Respectful of boundaries while prioritizing the need for a safe space where you can feel safe enough to really be your Self.

To be able to say anything that comes to mind, and feel as though no subject is too taboo or off limits including any feelings about me that come up for you. Psychotherapy is not a procedure performed upon one person by another. It is a dialogue between personal universes, and it transforms both. (George Atwood)

NOT SO SIMPLE SYMPTOMS The genesis of our work is with addressing the symptoms of trauma. Yes, that thing(s) that happened to you as s child, and those words said and messages sent to you that became your inner voice “counts” as trauma. Those experiences produced ways of coping that have been effective (until they aren’t) and which are the benchmarks or symptoms of complex trauma. I successfully treat such symptoms as drug/alcohol abuse, anxiety, depression, infidelity and low Self worth.

SELF IN TRUTH

Once the symptoms have been treated long enough (of which you, me and your defenses will determine), your treatment will be focused on getting to the root of what you have been experiencing as unsatisfying, unsure or unknown to you. Our work together is an authentic relationship. It is this relationship, one in which trust has been established and boundaries taught and implemented that will help heal your trauma, in finding your lifelong pursuit of feeling comfortable with who you truly are. Together, we will help you reclaim your true Self. “Of all the things trauma takes away from us, the worst is our willingness, or even our ability, to be vulnerable. There's a reclaiming that has to happen.” (Brene Brown)

PURPOSEFUL THERAPY

In the “end,” your symptoms consistently managed to the point of extinction, your Self prioritized and your feelings (and therefore you) valued, your therapy can terminate with revealing your purpose.

Think of this phase of therapy not so much as the why are you here, but how will you get started? Unearthing your answer to the mystery of your existence is not only “next level” therapy, it can actually be the point. Now that you have more accurate information about your Self, that's when the real work can begin! In accepting, implementing and mentoring others with the good that we know, feel and behave like we are. What seemed impossible or overwhelming in life can now be considered more consistently relieving because we know, feel and behave in ways that says to our Selves and others (in that order): I matter.

LASTING A LIFETIME

Remembering who you are does take a lot of work. But just because it's work, doesn’t mean it has to feel labor intensive. Due to many different circumstances beyond your control in childhood, you may have forgotten your Self. But if you, your partner and/or members of your family choose to team up with me in being courageous rather than critical, then you can each learn how to be attracted to what’s healthy, and I can be the last Therapist you see.