Many people still have misconceptions about the value of therapy and doubt whether it’s truly helpful.

Chances are, you or someone you know goes to therapy. In recent years, psychotherapy, or talk therapy, has exploded into the mainstream. Maybe it’s just my professional bias as a therapist, but I’d say that’s a great thing. Yet many people still have misconceptions about the value of therapy and doubt whether it’s truly helpful.

If you’re considering therapy but unsure whether it’s right for you, here are my answers to four questions I often hear.

What’s the point of talking about my problems?

Our ability to verbally communicate our needs and emotional experiences is one of the most powerful tools we have as human beings. Naming our pain does not make us weak, it makes us aware.

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