Dr. Adam Crabtree

“Most people start psychotherapy with some difficulty or confusion in their lives, something that needs attention. That is the way it was at the beginning of my own therapy, which was a long time ago now. Then, after some of the problems and some of the confusion begin to give way, when relationships improve and feelings of self confidence and respect grow stronger, therapy tends to take on more of a feeling of adventure, the adventure of your own unfolding life.

That is because when anxiety subsides, possibilities open up and we can begin to actually get a better sense of who we really are and what we want to do with our lives. That seems to me to be the true ultimate goal of therapy.

I am the author of several books on psychotherapy including Multiple Man (Somerville House Books, 1997), From Mesmer to Freud (Yale University Press, 1993) and Trance Zero: Breaking the Spell of Conformity (Somerville House Books, 1997). I also teach at the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in Toronto.”