What are the Benefits of Therapy?
When looking for a therapist for the first time, people are often wondering what kinds of improvements are possible through the act of talking to someone. Through initial talks with your therapist, your own personal goals can be identified, and a plan of action can be formed. The list below includes general possibilities for areas of improvement (although this list is in no way exhaustive of all possibilities).
Possible Benefits of Therapy
Empower someone to change and improve their relationship with a significant other, a family member, or with others in general.
Propel someone to trying something or doing something they previously thought unlikely (or impossible)
Energize someone to put more effort and energy into some aspect of life they feel they have been neglecting
Expand someone’s understanding and acceptance of others (either an individual person in their lives or others-at-large)
Allow for someone to achieve a state of calm.
Remind someone that negative emotions and experiences are a shared human experience and are not to be carried on the shoulders of just one person
Allow someone to cease engagement in an unhealthy habit, and form more healthy habits
Inspire someone to take action
Allow someone to gain confidence in specific areas of life where they may be struggling.
Gaining different perspectives on yourself, or your behavior.
Gaining a different perspective of others.
Gaining a different perspective on reoccurring situations you face in your life.
Finding practical ways to make changes in your behavior (or thought patterns) which could lead to sustained improvements in your life.
Give a new tool set to someone experiencing chronic anxiety or depression.
Therapy is a process of relating and collaborating. Just the basic experience of sharing some of your personal history with a therapist may:
Help someone organize their thoughts, beliefs, and points of view through the process of meaningful discussions with an effective counselor.
Allow someone to "take a weight off’ of some aspect of their lives by talking through something they would not ordinarily speak of with another person.
Work through grief and/or past trauma
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