“Together we will explore the possibility of learning to be open when we desire to close down, to face with honesty and caring attention what is unwanted and what we habitually reject in ourselves and others, to be present to others and join with them when we want to move away.”

- S. Santorell

Robert J. Cox, PhD
Licensed Psychologist

In-depth psychotherapy working with the total person in an environment of trust and support that respects and affirms privacy and autonomy.

ARE YOU SUFFERING?
In her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek*, Annie Dillard remarks that life is like stepping on a rake--its education by ninety degrees. Sadly, most of us step on that rake again and again, and so, we continue to suffer.

Therapy can be about moving from suffering to engagement with life, from being on auto-pilot to being fully alive, present, and committed. Rather than being passive, waiting to overcome the internal struggle with yourself so that life can begin, you can learn how to be live now and fully—with (not in spite of) a difficult past, with sometimes negative memories, with fears, with sadness, and with physical illness and chronic pain. You can transform your suffering into happiness and well-being.

Want to change an unwanted behavior? Want to avoid destructive emotions? You can learn to approach life’s challenges with compassion and wisdom.

Living a life free from negativity is easier than you think—if you can skillfully learn to face whatever comes your way and know how not to get “hooked” by difficulty. There is a way to be free from destructive emotions and unwanted behavior and to find ease. Through harnessing the power of attention and learning to develop compassion, you can learn to conquer depression, anxiety, ADD, stress-related conditions of all sorts, and chronic pain.

By learning to pause and open to life as it is without judgment, you can be enabled to skillfully choose new ways to be with your self, other people, and your world.

Underlying the therapeutic work I do is a valuing of mindful awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations and the practice of loving-kindness as a way to transform problems into happiness.

If you are interested in an up-coming up-coming Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction workshop scheduled on Whitehead Island, Maine for this coming summer, learn more on our Workshops page.

*Dillard, Annie, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1974, New York: Bantam Books, Inc.
* Santorelli, Saki, Heal Thy Self, Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine, 1999, New York: Bell Tower.

Robert J. Cox, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
240 Islington Street, Suite 2
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
Tel: 603-433-7337
Fax: 603-433-7338

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