{"id":3889,"date":"2015-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/why-everyone-needs-therapy\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:49:10","slug":"why-everyone-needs-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/why-everyone-needs-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Everyone Needs Therapy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-11885 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/counseling21.jpg\" alt=\"Counselling and Support\" width=\"286\" height=\"190\" \/>I am of the opinion that just about everyone needs therapy.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Primarily because we can\u2019t see into our own issues!\u00a0 We see ourselves and our decisions the way we WANT to see them or in extremes and a lot of times that view is skewed because of our own distorted thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Good therapy provides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Insight<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 A counselor should be able to give you insight into your life. From their very neutral vantage point, they look beyond emotional extremes and see things that you can\u2019t.\u00a0 Even counselors need therapy because they are too emotionally entangled in their own stuff to be able to see clearly!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Sound Guidance<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 A counselor has (hopefully!) gone through a lot of the recovery and growth process themselves and should be able to provide consistent, sound guidance as you navigate through things in your life. If they take extreme positions or give you directive advice, you\u00a0 might want to find a new one!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Truth<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 I did a recent blog talking about \u2018if I could give everyone just one gift\u2019 it would be to see themselves the way others see them. We all eventually need to hear the truth about ourselves.\u00a0 We need to look at the ugly truth &#8211; our unhealthy, unpretty, primitive, and unpolished sides in order to grow.\u00a0 A counselor can also help you to see the pretty truth \u2013 the good side of you that you can\u2019t see because you are blinded by your own shame.\u00a0 You can\u2019t fix what you can\u2019t see!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Safe, Non-Judgmental Environment<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 A counseling office provides a place where you can just be yourself and allow free-flowing feelings and thoughts. None of it is \u201cwrong\u201d.\u00a0 Until you allow yourself to feel &amp; think whatever comes up, however, you can\u2019t gain anything from it.\u00a0 Sometimes people gain their own insights just by having the freedom to express themselves out loud in a safe place.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Healthy Modeling<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 A therapist should have their own life pretty much in order. Not that they won\u2019t go through things, but if you watch how they respond to the hardships in their lives, you will see their true character revealed.\u00a0 Hopefully they\u00a0 practice what they preach and model what healthy is supposed to look like!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-11886 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/life-is-hard.png\" alt=\"life is hard\" width=\"312\" height=\"229\" \/>Encouragement<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Sometimes we might be on the right track to a healthier life, but our old systems make us question it. A quality therapist will provide you encouragement when you take positive steps in your life and help you break free of your old, unhealthy patterns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Counseling usually begins to fix one or two \u201cproblems\u201d. \u00a0<em><strong>If you are lucky enough to get good, quality therapy, however, you will quickly discover that it turns into a journey of continuous self-improvement and lays a long-term, healthy foundation for life!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[su_youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HkKjj34p8gc&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am of the opinion that just about everyone needs therapy.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Primarily because we can\u2019t see into our own issues!\u00a0 We see ourselves and our decisions the way we WANT to see them or in extremes and a lot of times that view is skewed because of our own distorted thinking. 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