You matter. Taking the step to participate in therapy is no small thing. Setting the intention to make a positive difference in your life, and those you care about, has the potential to transform both in ways you may not expect.
We all need support at times, and as someone who has benefitted from both working with a therapist, and being one, I know how humbling it can be to reach out and ask for help. It takes real strength and commitment to do that.
I’ve been fortunate over the years to have worked with many different people and communities. I’ve met with adults in busy out-patient clinics, and with young people and their families from all walks of life. What I’ve found, with few exceptions- is that we all want to be loved. We want to be accepted and to feel like we are a part of something larger than ourselves, whether that’s a family, a community or a deep connection to a sense of purpose in our lives. This is absolutely possible, if we can provide this kind of unconditional love and acceptance for ourselves first.
One way to do that is through attention. When we are willing to stop and turn towards the source of our challenges, we have the ability to transform them into strengths. In a certain sense, there is nothing to fix- because you are not broken. Sure, we’ve all developed an interesting constellation of ways to survive, and yes, sometimes those strategies are problematic- but, you are not broken.
