What Brings People to Therapy?

Therapy is an inherently intimate process where you are trusting the inner workings of you life to someone else. Yet millions of people decide to trust the process and work with a therapist. Here’s some reasons why.

  • You may feel constantly on edge, overwhelmed by worry, or experience physical symptoms like a racing heart, tightness in your chest, or difficulty calming your thoughts. You think no one likes you or you’ll never be good enough despite evidence to the contrary.

  • The past keeps forcing itself into your head, whether through intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares. You are avoiding important parts of your life and are constantly on guard due to the past. You feel broken as a person.

  • You keep having the same argument with your partner. Communication has broken down. You love each other but can't seem to connect the way you used to.

  • In a post COVID world and in the era of remote work and school we have become even more isolated and questions, uncertainty, and worry can come from trying to make connections with others.

  • Sometimes nothing is dramatically “wrong,” but your life isn't feeling the way you want it to. Therapy can provide a place to step back, understand what's happening, and decide what comes next.

  • If you're struggling to figure out what motivates you or what you want your life to look like, therapy can help you explore those questions and turn insight into action.