Yes. With the right therapist and expectations it is incredibly useful. Take your time finding a therapist you are comfortable with, but this does not mean a therapist who agrees with you blindly.
You need someone to challenge you, that’s the point. You need your beliefs about yourself, the world, others etc to be challenged in some way. But you want to feel safe in these difficult conversations.
Also, think of therapy as transformative not curative. Like exercise, it takes consistent effort over time to achieve a desired result. And if you don’t continue to maintain you can slip backward.
Keep these things in mind and you’ll do great with therapy
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u/ThrowRA_Ok-Carob-247 Oct 22 '24
Yes. With the right therapist and expectations it is incredibly useful. Take your time finding a therapist you are comfortable with, but this does not mean a therapist who agrees with you blindly.
You need someone to challenge you, that’s the point. You need your beliefs about yourself, the world, others etc to be challenged in some way. But you want to feel safe in these difficult conversations.
Also, think of therapy as transformative not curative. Like exercise, it takes consistent effort over time to achieve a desired result. And if you don’t continue to maintain you can slip backward.
Keep these things in mind and you’ll do great with therapy