Why Go To Therapy?
There are many reasons someone starts, or re-starts therapy. Therapy can be beneficial if you’re looking for support, clarity, healing or change in your life. Here are some solid reasons people choose therapy:
You’re feeling stuck: whether in relationships, work, or your own habits, and you want help moving forward and accomplishing your goals. Therapist can help offer new perspectives, unbiased feedback and opportunity to gain insight into what is keeping you stuck AND can help you make changes to get unstuck.
You want to better understand yourself: your emotions, relationships, patterns, triggers/reactions, or past. We all have blind spots that can be impacting our lives without us knowing it. Therapy helps us to understand ourselves better, how we view ourselves, others and the world around us. Perhaps we are holding on to old beliefs that aren't actually true or don’t serve us any more.
You’re going through a tough season: grief, loss, a breakups, major life changes, illness. Therapy provides support and space for you to process. Life is hard, we aren’t meant to do it alone. A licensed therapist is training to help you move through the hard seasons of life.
You’re feeling overwhelmed: with stress, anxiety, depression, or other challenges that you don’t want to handle alone. There is a lot going on for most of us, especially these days. It can be a lot to carry and to make sense of. Therapy can provide a safe and supportive place to unload some of what you are carrying.
You want to learn better skills: such as coping strategies, communication, boundary-setting (and reinforcing), or emotional regulation.
You’re doing okay, but want to do even better: maybe you're seeking greater personal growth or deeper meaning in life. Sometimes when you go to therapy when you are not in crisis, you can explore other areas of your life to enhance your overall growth.
Therapy isn’t just for "when things are bad," it can be about making good things better or deepening your understanding of yourself. Are you ready to take a brave step forward? Even just to try it? Click the button below for next steps! Swell has therapists in TN and KY accepting new clients now!
