Psychotherapy can be an effective treatment:

• To free yourself from self-defeating, painful patterns
• To build and maintain self esteem
• To identify and work with experiences from the past that limit current possibilities
• To set and achieve personal or professional goals
• To regulate moods, such as recurring depression, anxiety, anger or fear
• To work on problems with eating or sleeping
• To get help coping with losses
• To manage recurring physical symptoms
• To explore issues and feelings related to "coming out" or other aspects of sexual orientation
• To focus on concerns about emotional and physical intimacy 
• To learn to  communicate more effectively in an intimate relationship