Engaging in therapy takes a lot of courage and provides you with the opportunity to discover a lot about yourself.  Therapy is different than talking to a friend or family member. Therapy is a service provided by a trained professional to assist you in attaining your goals through the use of specific techniques to inform, motivate, encourage and challenge you to assess, reflect and shift your perspective on the concerns that brought you to therapy. 

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    Individuals seeking therapy can expect therapy to take place on a regularly scheduled basis, usually weekly or bi-weekly, with each session lasting one-hour, with the number of sessions varying based on individual need. Therapy sessions have specific goals, and although your psychologist will be supportive, they will also challenge you. Sometimes you might feel annoyed, tired or upset following a session. This can happen as you are processing new ways of thinking or because you have talked about something that has been upsetting to you. 

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    As a result of therapy, you may experience changes in your relationships or beliefs that have unexpected results. Usually these changes are positive in the long-term, but it may be a difficult experience as they are occurring. 

 

Benefits of therapy:

• a safe space to explore and challenge maladaptive beliefs and coping

• support for growth and change through the building of skills and resiliency

• ability to gain insight into yourself and your relationship with others

• opportunity to build personal agency and the capacity to tolerate suffering