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6 Reasons to See a Therapist
- Personal growth and self improvement
- Increase your happiness
- Resolve tough issues
- Become more emotionally intelligent
- Learn coping skills
- Improve relationships
Below are what I believe to be some of the six most common reasons that people seek therapy. Comment your reason below!
Personal growth and self improvement
Therapy is not only for those who struggle. It’s for people who want to raise the bar on their self awareness and improve themselves, too! If you’re finding yourself in a neutral state at times, not knowing why or how to move the needle forward, it may be time to go to therapy.
Why you may ask would I say to see a therapist and not a life coach in this instance? Well, first of all, life coach credentialing is quite varied at best and minimal at worst. Plus, it’s not covered by insurance which can be astronomically expensive. Third, therapists are trained to get to the bottom of the reason that you’re stalling out. We are better equipped to identify patterns and help bring insights to light that you may not have seen before.
Honestly, it’s pretty rare for therapy to hurt clients (it can happen) so if you’re looking to level up, what’s there to lose?
Increase your happiness
This may seem like a no, duh reason but it’s probably the main reason people come to therapy so it shall be mentioned.
Therapy is great for helping people detect their limiting beliefs (beliefs that hold you back) and for identifying where there are problems (and solutions) in one’s life. If you’re feeling blue, an honest, open, and empathetic ear can help!
Resolve tough issues
This one’s another biggie. Oftentimes, people only need therapy to get them through a particularly challenging time and then they can terminate. These situations can range from unemployment to divorce, grief, career confusion, and many other life transitions.
It can be very helpful to have an objective person to navigate these seasons with. I view therapists as fellow travelers that guide others toward the light in tough situations. Why not ask for help? You deserve it.
Become more emotionally intelligent
I view this as a byproduct of therapy, but some people do come in to better understand emotions and other people alone. Therapy is wonderful for helping clients learn how to embrace their emotions, learn what they’re feeling, and detect emotions better in others.
Learn coping skills
There is SUCH a breadth of information out there on how to cope it’s almost overwhelming! There are a plethora of tips and tricks your therapist can show you and teach you over time. The only caveat to this is that you must actually apply the skills to change for the better. It’s not good enough to just learn about them.
Improve relationships
Many people seeking counseling for this reason. After all, we are humans with needs and human connection is one of them. Couples counseling is probably what you’re thinking of when you see this category but family counseling and even individual counseling talking about how to relate to others in a healthy way counts, too. I guess I should also mention to that some relationships are not reparable for a variety of reasons. Therapy can help with acceptance, too in these cases.
As you might have guessed by now, I’m a therapist myself! My contact information and psychology today profiles are linked below. I see clients in CT in person/virtually and in NY and FL virtually only.
Phone #: (203) 465 6129
https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/1458755
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