The Key Benefits of Seeing a Therapist to Help with Your Anxiety
Benefits of seeing a therapist to work on your Anxiety
If you look all over social media, there are tons of “experts” giving you the top 5 ways of dealing with your anxiety. But what they don’t tell you is how you can learn what works for you and how to implement and main positive change and long-term positive outcomes. That’s why seeking a mental health therapist or counselor in your area (in person or online) is the first step in seeking help and long-lasting change and support to deal with your anxiety and feelings of anxiousness, lack of knowledge and self-awareness.
Looking for support from your family and friends is only a smart part of helping yourself to develop appropriate tools. But family and friends don’t necessarily have the knowledge and skills and can’t see your problems from an objective point of view. They are too close and too involved to help long term. Having a good support system is key to maintaining good mental help but this system needs to be full of all different types of support so that one doesn’t get burned out and cease to be an effective supportive tool for you. A mental health therapist/counselor is a highly skilled professional trained in helping you get to know yourself and will help you gain the insight and dismantle any biases of self-doubt towards your own mental health.
A good therapist will ask you the tough and challenging questions that you need to be asking yourself. This practice of self-discovery in a safe and supportive environment will help you gain the knowledge and understanding that you can take responsibility for your own wellbeing, and that you do have choices when it comes to how you see and treat yourself. Being loving and self-compassionate to yourself involves treating yourself with the same level of love and acceptance that you treat others. Aren’t you worthy of being treated as well as you treat others?
A good therapist will teach you to ask yourself the questions of what you need and how you are feeling. In therapy gaining this awareness and being able to vocalize these needs and wants out loud promotes a positive mindset and lays the groundwork for growth and wellbeing. You will also be highly encouraged in every session to ask for help from others. Gaining the knowledge that you need help and support does not mean that you are weak or helpless. It means the exact opposite, that you are knowledgeable and mindful of the meaning of help and how beneficial it is to you and those around you.
