From personal experience, ive had to flop around a few therapists before I found the right one. I realised I was going to therapists for specific reasons rather than general improvement.
I now go to someone who manages to facilitate my journey to self exploration. This person practices Gestalt which seems to be what I need right now.
I would say the point of therapy is that the therapists present new ways of thinking, mostly when youve been stuck in the rabbit hole of thinking the same things all the time. Its very important to understand though that you need to work hand in hand with the therapist and that they will simply increase awareness and perception without necessarily coming to the solutions ti your problems. They might sometimes, but you still need to do a lot of the work.
Mattgau18 t1_j6hgger wrote
Reply to eli5 what is the point of therapy? by dumbass__stupid
From personal experience, ive had to flop around a few therapists before I found the right one. I realised I was going to therapists for specific reasons rather than general improvement.
I now go to someone who manages to facilitate my journey to self exploration. This person practices Gestalt which seems to be what I need right now.
I would say the point of therapy is that the therapists present new ways of thinking, mostly when youve been stuck in the rabbit hole of thinking the same things all the time. Its very important to understand though that you need to work hand in hand with the therapist and that they will simply increase awareness and perception without necessarily coming to the solutions ti your problems. They might sometimes, but you still need to do a lot of the work.
Goodluck on your Journey!