How Talking to a Counselor
can Change Your Life

If your normal feelings can be described as sad, angry, confused, anxious, hopeless, guilty, or painful on most days, then you must be in anguish. Feeling bad most of the time makes for a miserable life. If you are wondering what you can do to feel good, why not release these emotions, resolve those unresolved issues? Talking is good, and talking to a counselor is even better.

Talking about your negative emotions, experiences, life events, issues and oppressive thoughts can be amazingly healing. But, while family and friends may be willing to listen, they may not be able to provide the kind of help you need for an emotional condition such as depression or anxiety. They probably will not be able to help you resolve your issues. They also may not be able to stay neutral if you wish to talk about concerns involving your spouse, parents, siblings, children, or friends.

If you want to feel better and change your life, talking to a counselor or a therapist is a valuable option.

Does Therapy Work?

Therapy works because it goes beyond talking. It uses strategies that make you work toward the resolution of your issues. This means that talking during therapy is not focused only on your feelings and issues, but also on ways to help you overcome those things that are resulting in the overwhelming symptoms you are experiencing.

You must have noticed how you can feel better after talking about troubling thoughts with a family or friend. Talking to a counselor or therapist works in the same way, only much better!

As well as a listening ear, they can help you sort out what needs to be sorted out. As a professional, your therapist will not only listen, but trace the roots of your emotional issues and help you make constructive changes in your life to resolve and overcome your concerns and difficulties. They can be a positive influence in your life, providing you with an alternative perspective and encouragement at a time when you need it most.

What is the Role of a Good Therapist?

There is a world of difference between talking to a good therapist and just plain talking to any person (family or friend). Since they facilitate your therapy, they will ask you questions and guide you to get the most out of the therapy or counseling. An experienced therapist will know how to help you.

If you work with a therapist you trust, you find yourself feeling comfortable. This is important in order to share your innermost guarded thoughts and work toward successful resolution of issues.

With a good therapist you trust, you can:

  • Face your concerns bravely because you know someone supports you without any bias or expectations.
  • Understand the reasons you are reacting the way you do to some factors or stresses.
  • Define, set, and attain your wellness goals.
  • Create a steady, reliable routine that helps you adjust better despite some symptoms.
  • End negative and unhealthy perspectives and practices.
  • Accept your chronic medical condition and enjoy your life.
  • Understand and resolve the factors or experiences contributing to your fears, anxiety, or insecurities.
  • Better be prepared for those unforeseen stressful life events.
  • Recognize the triggers and stop symptoms that may send you into a downward spiral
  • Make sense and resolve the lingering issues of your unhappy life as a child or other past disturbing experiences.
  • Recognize your true self and separate it from the one created by your behavioral or emotional condition.
  • Repair and improve your relationships with the people you care about.
  • Create a plan you can use when a crisis arises that threatens to erode your progress.

The Medication-Free Approach with the Right Therapist

Taking a pill can be a tempting option to push away your issues and symptoms, but emotional conditions are often too complicated to be fixed by a drug. Talking to a therapist often frees you from the use of medications, which can add to your treatment cost (unless you are covered by insurance) and can cause side effects. In addition, there are things that medications cannot address, such as resolution of issues and how to define, set, and achieve your wellness and life goals.

Though talking can make past pain and fears resurface, it has long-term benefits, if you work with an experienced therapist independently contracted with Carolina Counseling Services (CCS) – Fuquay-Varina, NC. It is easy to form a good relationship with a CCS therapist or counselor because they are professional, proficient, and trustworthy. They can help you heal from your past trauma and pain and transform yourself and your life by being positive, whatever curveballs may come your way.

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