10 Ways Therapy Can Help

1. Increase your awareness and gain insight to better understand yourself.
2. Provide support and validation of your emotions in a supportive environment with neutral and objective listening and reflecting to help you work through and find your own answers to problems.
3. Change unproductive thinking and behavior patterns by bringing awareness to your thoughts, feelings, and actions, and practicing techniques to help reshape these patterns.
4. Gain greater self-acceptance and self-esteem by recognizing and reducing negative self-talk, building upon strengths, and developing self-compassion.
5. Find meaning and purpose through a focus on values-based passions and goals grounded in your strengths.
6. Improve expression and management of emotions by identifying and labeling emotions and triggers, and developing effective coping strategies to improve self-control.
7. Provide an environment that is private, accepting, comforting, and supportive.
8. Foster hope, motivation and empowerment by reframing barriers and challenges, and finding multiple pathways to attain goals.
9. Teach and demonstrate effective life skills to equip you with tools to face difficult situations in a positive and constructive way, including social skills, communication strategies, anxiety coping skills, decision making skills, conflict resolution techniques, and strengthening interpersonal relationships.
10. Improve coping skills using tools and strategies to establish healthy boundaries, relaxation techniques, and healthy routines to help you better manage difficult emotions and overcome the challenges you face.