Benoit Existential Psychotherapist. English and French. Codependency, shame.

You may come to therapy with a specific concern in mind. Some issues brought by my clients include:

Relationship and  codependency  

Shame and low self esteem 

Life transitions, decisions, and uncertainty

Childhood trauma and painful past experiences

Work and career stress

Problematic use of alcohol or substances, sex addiction, chemsex

Sex and eroticism

Gender identity

LGBTQIA+ families and parenting

My role is not to impose answers, but to help you explore your life more honestly and clearly. We begin with what you are living: your difficulties, relationships, history, and the way you understand yourself and your world.

Therapy works through the relationship as much as through insight. Feeling heard and understood can make it possible to approach parts of yourself that may have been hidden or difficult to bear. At the same time, therapy also needs to be challenging. Part of the work is to notice patterns and coping mechanisms that may no longer serve you, even if they once helped you survive.

My work is informed by existential philosophy, phenomenology, and psychology. It attends to the deeper questions and tensions that shape our lives: freedom and responsibility, choice and uncertainty, intimacy and separateness, mortality, and the search for meaning. I am less interested in asking, “What is wrong with you?” than in asking, “What are you living through?” and “What makes life worth living for you?”

I do not work from a one-size-fits-all method. Some people need space to reflect and make sense of long-standing patterns. Others need help staying close to painful feelings they usually avoid. Others come with a specific crisis, conflict, or decision and want to understand what is at stake more deeply.