Gerald Richard Welsh MS, MADiv, LAPC
“Carl Rogers, a famous psychotherapist, wrote, “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.” Many of us tend to easily access an awareness of our faults and weaknesses but downplay our strengths and gifts, those personally amazing and unique expressions of who we are. What causes us to discount self-acceptance and regard it as something to be shunned or to be thought of as a sign of our being egotistical or proud? Many of the issues that bring us to psychotherapy relate to how we view ourselves. What role does self-acceptance (and its precursor, self-knowledge) play in how we respond to life’s many challenges?”
Psychotherapy with Gerald will always involve exploration of who you are, discovery of the inner resources that you possess, and ways of activating who and what you possess to affect change that applies to your experience. Many of us possess only a cursory comprehension of ourselves, and because of that, we limit the repertoire of strengths and gifts available to us to meet our circumstances and to guide us home.
Gerald uses a variety of counseling practices, techniques, and exercises to present you with different ways toward self-discovery and healing from the vexing issues of life that affect your mental health. Psychotherapy is a time-taking process that gradually evolves. Any birth involves pain. Finding a therapy companion for that process of growth can be immensely helpful. Please consider the value of exploring and discovering who you are and what you truly bring to the world.
The poet T. S. Eliot captured this idea when he wrote, “And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.” Could what you are now going through be a gateway to a greater and grander experience of life because you have come to know and accept who you are?
Gerald is a husband, father of two daughters, grandfather to two granddaughters and three grandsons, and care-provider and friend to two cats. He has earned two graduate degrees, one in counseling and a second in religion and spirituality. He and his wife of nearly forty years live in Bucks County.