Why Therapy?
Therapy has gotten a bad rap. When you tell friends that you’re seeing a counselor or going to therapy, there can be many questions that come up about what you’re going through, the challenges you’re facing, and the ever present – “Are you alright?”
Let’s get something out of the way. Going to therapy doesn’t mean that you have major issues. It doesn’t mean that your life is falling apart; it doesn’t mean that you’re a mental case who needs serious help.
Historically, counselors have been people in a community who have the training and insight to offer feedback and wisdom about the struggles that the people around them were facing. The role of a counselor was not to “fix” people or convince them of how they were supposed to live their lives, but someone to come along side in the journey and walk with them.
That’s still the goal of therapy: having someone in your life to ask you the right questions so that you can find the right answers; someone to give you honest feedback and point out the patterns you may not even notice; someone to offer resources and support when things get tough.
As a counselor, I am proud to get to walk with people on their journey and to get to experience the triumphs and challenges they experience. I believe that people have many of the answers they seek already inside of them. My job is to help them get those answers out.
So instead of asking, “why therapy?” maybe it’s time to consider, “why not therapy?” What have you got to lose?
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