How Therapy Can Help It can help you feel less alone: Sometimes
talking to someone who doesn't know you personally can create a
great sense of relief. The therapist can provide understanding,
advice, guidance, and empathy. The sense of support, care, and
connection can ease feelings of loneliness and alienation.
Therapy can help you move out of the past: Talking about the
past can be difficult, but in doing so, clients are sometimes
able to break free from painful memories, take the power away
from the past, and start the process of moving forward. Therapy
can change the way you think: The latest research is showing
that childhood trauma affects the way the brain develops.
Psychotherapy is more than just talking- the process of making
emotional and cognitive connections changes the way the brain
functions. Studies have shown that for those conditions
requiring medication, it is the combination of medication and
psychotherapy that provides the best potential for relief and
recovery.