Inner troubles getting to be too much?
It helps to gain some outside perspective and support. We can guide you through it all and develop more understanding and self-acceptance.
We are committed to providing a safe place to express yourself and help you transform perceived limitations into inner strength, healing, and growth.
Therapy Services
At the Creative Life Institute, we practice Psychodynamic psychotherapy, a form of depth psychology primarily focused on revealing the unconscious content of a client’s psyche to relieve underlying tension.
Individual Therapy
No matter your situation, we can provide guidance and support, allowing you to talk openly and work together to identify and change the patterns that are keeping you from feeling your best.
Group Therapy
Group therapy creates an opportunity to take emotional risks in a safe environment. Connection grows between members as acceptance and healthy feedback is shared.
Addiction Therapy
We create a safe environment where those who are overcoming addiction feel comfortable and willing to share their own insight; creating a strong foundation leading to successful recovery.
Couple’s Therapy
During couples therapy sessions, we help partners to communicate clearly, tenderly and bravely. It’s a space where obstacles are understood and choices for moving forward are made clear.
Meet our Counselers
Dr. Bob Beare
Kim Dragon
Grace Sharington
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of depth psychology, the primary focus of which is to reveal the unconscious content of a client’s psyche in an effort to relieve underlying tension.
Although psychodynamic psychotherapy can take many forms, commonalities include the following:
An emphasis on the centrality of intrapsychic and unconscious conflicts and their relation to development.
Seeing defenses as developing in internal psychic structures in order to avoid unpleasant consequences of conflict.
A belief that psychopathology develops especially from early childhood experiences.
A view that internal representations of experiences are organized around interpersonal relations.
A conviction that life issues and dynamics will re-emerge in the context of the client-therapist relationship as transference and counter-transference.
Trust in insight is critically important for success in therapy.
Commonly Addressed Issues
Obesity
Self Esteem
Sexual Addiction
Spirituality
Substance Abuse
Trauma and PTSD
Weight Loss
Adoption
Alcohol Abuse
Anger Management
Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Career Counseling
Codependency
Eating Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Gambling
Grief
Men’s Issues
Treatment Approach/Orientation
Imago
Jungian
Mindfulness-based (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Psychodynamic
Art Therapy
Coaching
Dialectical (DBT)
Eclectic
Emotionally Focused
Expressive Arts
Family / Marital
Family Systems
Gestalt
Humanistic
About Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Bob Beare’s Personal Approach
I became a psychotherapist after several career turns, but not because of great concern for helping others. After several decades of trying to avoid my inner demons, the death of my daughter and the loss of a marriage plunged me into an “Introduction to Psychology” that no university could offer. But I enrolled anyway and popped out a therapist.
During these years, I have trained extensively in Jungian psychology and expressive therapies, especially art therapy, psychodrama, and playback theatre. I’ve had the good fortune to work closely with pioneers in these disciplines. These visionaries (and a few rare practitioners who continue to do their own personal transformational work) have led this path of discovery. They have offered a glimpse at what traditional cultures have always known: expression of emotion through creative forms is a necessary part of healthy living, not just an adjunct luxury.
In addition to a career in the professional theatre as an actor/director/composer and facilitating hundreds of workshops and training sessions, my first book, The Creative Fire, came together after acquiring a small heap of degrees and certifications. Whenever I hit a life challenge, I go back to school! It’s worked out ok for me.
Interestingly, though I started out without that intense need that a lot of my colleagues have to help others, I have come to enjoy nothing more in my life than helping folks become more open, empowered, and committed to living boldly. It’s a blast.
I hope to meet you and perhaps collaborate on further developing your self-love project.
Sincerely,
Bob Beare, Ph.D.
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