How do I know that it's time to get psychological help?
Based on recent emotional or behavioral changes, your doctor, family, spouse, partner, and/or friends may have suggested that you might benefit from professional help. Changes in sleep patterns, eating habits, work or school performance, mood, or relationships all point to the possibility of serious difficulties that can be helped by a psychologist.
How Does Counseling Help?
It is therapeutic to talk about your concerns. Most of us have probably had the experience of relief after talking with a friend or family member about something we had been holding in. Usually our concerns seem more manageable when we talk about them with someone we trust. As we talk, our perspective on the problem often begins to change.
Talking with a counselor can also help us to:
- Pinpoint problems - and understand aspects of the problems that may be improved.
- Identify negative or problematic thinking patterns that contribute to feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, and to develop a more positive outlook.
- Explore learned thoughts and behaviors that create or maintain problems.
- Regain a sense of control and pleasure in life.
- Discover strengths you have and how to use them to grow stronger in other areas.
- Counseling goes beyond the obvious, and helps get us unstuck. It is often the case that we know what we should be doing to help us feel better, but can't seem to be able to do what we know we should. Counseling helps us work through the obstacles that keep us from doing what we know would be helpful.
Is counseling is only for people with serious emotional problems?
Although counseling can be beneficial for people who do have serious emotional problems, it is also helpful for people with everyday concerns such as adjustment or phase of life issues.
Is counseling completely confidential?
Interim Associates, PLLC, maintains the privacy of your health information as required by state and federal law. Our Privacy Notice is available for inspection and may be discussed with your therapist at any time.
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