The Benefits of Therapy

Therapy offers you the chance to recognize the things that aren’t working for you and begin to work toward resolution. It can provide a safe place to unpack your feelings and address how they impact your actions and behaviors. Life cannot be ‘sunny’ every day, there are times that can become so difficult you are left not knowing where to turn. Counseling can help you improve your circumstances, the way you view your challenges, and assist you in resolving your concerns.

The Benefits of Therapy

  • Counseling can boost your daily emotional health. You can improve the way you feel daily through therapy. When you are more aware of how you feel you can better manage your emotions. Therapy can help you have better control over your actions and your emotional health. Difficult life events do not have to occur for you to turn to counseling, it shouldn’t be your last option. Your therapist can create a safe place for you to face your problems rather than avoid them.
  • Counseling can challenge and reframe negative thought patterns and narratives. Recognizing the negative ways we talk to ourselves and think about the world can make a huge difference. How we think impacts how we feel. Once you know how you are thinking you can make changes. This is what counseling and therapy can do for you, which can in turn help with difficult symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, grief, overwhelm, etc.
  • Therapy can explore your strengths and limitations. You can have limitations, just as you have strengths. Acknowledging and accepting this is as important as appreciating your strengths. Through therapy you can lean into this, embracing your strengths and growing in areas you may feel limited.
  • Counseling can help you develop a healthier point of view. You can start to see things in a different light. You can begin to understand and appreciate the fact that unpleasant or sad events are not fixed life circumstances. You can see there is always a chance to change and improve.
  • Counseling/Therapy can help improve your relationships. Negative feelings and unhealthy behaviors can be a threat to relationships. This can be addressed in therapy by identifying emotions, triggers and behaviors that are not serving you. Dr. Spiegel explains, “You learn about perspective on whatever the problem is you’re struggling with.… without feeling overwhelmed with anxiety or sadness, even though the problem is still there…”
  • You can find resolution and closure. This is the real essence of what counseling is for. Freeing yourself from a particular difficulty can lead to greater joy, fulfillment, improved interactions with others, and a renewed appreciation for what is good in your life. Above all, you can resolve what may be holding you back, allowing you to move forward in a positive way.

Is Therapy Good for You?

Part of what makes therapy effective is the fact that it gives you the chance to verbalize your thoughts and feelings. This premise is supported by Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University who explains, “We’re social creatures… so talking to people can be a real source of support and help.”

The decision to seek counseling or therapy takes courage and commitment. While it may initially seem new and even difficult, it can be very rewarding in the long run. You can find help with a licensed counselor/therapist independently contracted with Carolina Counseling Services – Fuquay-Varina, NC. Call CCS today to schedule your first appointment.

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