For over 10 years (the entirety of my adult life), I suffered from a crippling, lingering depression that had become so persistent, I came to accept it as who I was. Every day seemed filled with a sense of hopelessness, pointlessness, and a complete lack of joy. Some days were worse than others, but I can say (without exaggeration) I could not remember a single day where that depression was not present. It wasn’t until my work with Dr. Aaron that I finally realized I did not have to live that way.
When I made the decision and commitment to work with Dr. Aaron there remained a nagging doubt inside me; not about his capabilities in helping others achieve life-changing results, but whether it would work on me. I witnessed first-hand what Dr. Aaron was capable of through people in my life that have worked with him, and how he changed their lives around entirely. However, having lived with this depression for so long, and believing it was hardwired, I couldn’t help but think, “if nothing else has worked all these years, then surely this won’t either.” From various forms of medication, to 6+ years of weekly therapy, and everything in between, nothing had any profound or significant impact on my mental and emotional state. However, thanks to the love, support, and encouragement of my family, I made the decision to begin working on myself with Dr. Aaron, and jumped head first into the deep-end of the metaphorical pool.
My first session, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. Would it be like regular therapy? What would we talk about? How could I express the nagging issues? So many questions swirled around my head that I hadn’t the remotest idea of how to answer. We sat down together and talked about some of the components of my depression that I was dealing with, the various phases of my life that may have contributed, and through active listening Dr. Aaron was able to guide the conversation in order to best understand how to help.
I should preface by saying that I am a very logically-wired, pragmatic person that has a hard time immersing myself in what, at the time, I considered to be unorthodox. Well, let me tell you, Dr. Aaron’s methods are as unorthodox as I could imagine. We did some deep work together that day, and at the end of that first session together, we worked through a major piece of trauma that had been lingering for many years; and once we finished it felt like a massive weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I left his sanctuary/dojo that day with a big smile on my face, and for the 48 hours that followed I didn’t stop smiling. Not necessarily because I was in a particularly “good mood” (although I was), but rather it was that I felt how profoundly just a single session had impacted me. The smile was the first shred of optimism that I had felt since before I could remember.
We continued working together, meeting every two weeks for the sessions, and in each one that went by, I could physically, mentally, and emotionally feel myself healing. It was an experience that was so drastically new to me; the idea and the feeling that perhaps I wouldn’t have to go through life with a sense of hopelessness and joylessness.
You should know that Dr. Aaron puts a great deal in committing, individually, to every person that he works with, and that he expects the same level of commitment of those people to themselves. He will hold you accountable, he will expect you to be fully devoted and dedicated to being the best possible version of yourself; and if you’re willing to do that, he will get you there.
When I write this, and look back on the person I was before beginning my work with Dr. Aaron, I truly cannot believe how immensely I have changed. The feelings of nagging depression have essentially disappeared, the negative thoughts constantly riddling my brain are gone, and for the first time in my adult life I feel an overwhelming sense of excitement, hope, optimism, confidence, and clarity. My life has turned around 180 degrees. What Dr. Aaron was able to do for me in just a few short months was something that years of traditional therapy or other typical “solutions” could not do. Dr. Aaron references the healing that takes place as miracles; I can tell you whole-heartedly that the work we did together was nothing short of miraculous.
Behrang Borhani
