What is Therapy?

This is not an easy question to answer simply, but here goes…

People hold different ideas about therapy in their minds. Some imagine therapy involves lying on a couch and having a therapist offer the occasional “Hmmmmm…..”. Other people wonder whether therapy is similar to what happens in the movies. There are of course many different ways of practicing psychology and offering therapy. The commonest involves coming to see a therapist and talking about things that are worrying you or discussing how your week has been. This leads to you and the therapist thinking about your reactions to daily events, your interactions with others, your thoughts and feelings about various matters. Depending on what emerges, the therapist may explore other ways of being in the world or challenge some of your reactions or patterns of behaviour.

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