Former Olympic Coach Helps Young Hollywood "Stay Sane in an Insane Industry"
Beverly Hills Psychotherapist Rebecca Roy Builds Better Relationships & Lives
Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) November 20, 2007 -- Rebecca Roy, M.A, once helped athletes attain their Olympic dreams. She's now helping young Hollywood "Stay Sane in an Insane Industry."
Working with young Hollywood takes a certain kind of understanding, she says. An All-American athlete who trained six hours a day by the age of 13 years old, she relates to them. "They are hard-driving, creative and live in a high-pressure world. I know that world intimately."
There are many issues that are unique to Industry people. They are often a direct result of the pressures of dealing with the erratic nature of the world in which they live. I see a lot of personality disorders, mood disorders, such as [depression and [anxiety, [substance abuse, [stressed relationships due to temptations and long absences, eating disorders and underlying [sexual abuse issues that have never been addressed.
In addition, they are usually highly creative, intelligent people whose minds move quickly and expect fast results to complex problems, which sometimes isn't realistic. My job, then, is to contain that anxiety and to coach them, in a way, to understand and work through the psychological processes involved.
A former national, collegiate and world champion herself, Rebecca also spent years in the Industry before becoming a psychotherapist. As artistic consultant to the 1996 U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team, she brought a wealth of experience both creatively and psychologically to that gold medal-winning team. She sees the current crop of young Hollywood people with psychological issues as an outgrowth of "too much too soon."
"These young people missed out on key emotional and psychological growth periods. When you are an adolescent, you believe you can handle the adulation, or the drugs or the money. But there are deficits that become apparent later, often in the form of addiction, which is really an attempt to fill an emotional void. My work involves helping find that place that is missing and regain it in a healthy way," Roy said.
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