The understanding of therapy can sometimes be mired in misformation, stigma and myths which can often make it difficult for one to decide whether they need help, and where or how to seek it. While it can be helpful to talk about your problems to close friends and family members, sometimes you need help that…
Seeking support through therapy may not be an easy choice for anyone to make, possibly due to mental health stigma and less than adequate awareness of how mental healthcare services can help deal with one’s concerns. An individual’s choices, recovery and subsequently the therapeutic process that works for them might be personal to them, which…
Therapy is a service provided by a mental health professional, for you, and you could essentially choose to begin, space out or terminate your sessions when you wish to. Making these decisions by yourself can be hard, and you could ask for the therapist’s professional opinion on the same, but what is difficult to come…
When making connections with other people, there may be some with whom we get along better than others. These individuals may enable a space where your needs are met, and you might be able to do the same for them. While many different factors involved in what makes a relationship tick, it has been noted…
Feeling like something is wrong with oneself, while not knowing where to point your finger and say, ‘this is it’, can bring up discomfort and pile on to the distress you may already be experiencing. This may happen, when you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed, which makes it harder for one to think clearly and ascertain…
Therapy is a process that helps facilitate change in distressing emotions, which are often related to unhealthy or unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. The need for such change could be based on a clinical diagnosis*, but that’s not all it could be helpful with.