What can I expect?
Gain a better understanding of yourself
Develop skills for improving relationships
Learn productive and healthy ways to cope with difficult feelings and emotional pressures
Improve communication and listening skills
Change unhelpful behavior patterns and developing new ones
Discover new ways to solve relationship problems
Improve your self-esteem and boos self-confidence
Because each person has different issues and goals for therapy, therapy will be different depending on the individual. In general, you can expect to discuss the current events happening in your life, your personal history relevant to your issue, and report progress (or any new insights gained) from the previous therapy session.
Therapists provide a safe, non-judgmental and compassionate space to help people explore their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Oftentimes there are subconscious reasons that drive people’s behavior that they don’t even realize. Sometimes, the deeper issues involve unresolved childhood issues, grief, and trauma.
The benefits you obtain from therapy depend on how well you use the process and put into practice what you learn. But some of the benefits you can gain from therapy include