Do psychotherapy, therapy, and counseling all mean the same thing? Yes, all the above actually refer to the same thing. This is to be differentiated from a “Med check” where a client who is on medication checks in with his or her psychiatrist to review how things are going. Typically it is shorter in time […]
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Why Do I Need to Come Once or Twice A Week To Therapy? Help From a Raleigh Counselor
Why Do I Need to Come Once or Twice A Week To Therapy? Help From a Raleigh Counselor So, you have found the counselor for you. You have set a schedule with your counselor and while you might wonder if once or twice a week is too much to commit, there are good reasons for […]
How Can I Tell if I Have Found the Right Therapist?- Help From a Raleigh Therapist
How Can I Tell if I Have Found the Right Therapist?- Help From a Raleigh Therapist For my answer to this question: After using your head and finding someone who has the right training and fits your needs and schedule, you need to use your heart and your gut. Getting to the heart of what […]
Why Get Professional Counseling Instead of Talking To A Friend? – Help From a Raleigh Therapist
Why get professional counseling instead of talking to a friend?- advice from a Raleigh therapist Sometimes you should talk to a friend. There are times when friends tell you things you need and want to hear. But at the end of the day friends and family ..well they are in your life. They have a history […]
What if I Get Emotional In My Therapy Session? Help From A Raleigh Therapist
What if I get emotional in my therapy session? First of all, it is so important to remember your therapist spends his or her day every day dealing with people who are emotional. It is what we do and what we have chosen to do. Therefore, we welcome it when people are real. It’s OK… […]
Will My Therapist Judge Me?- Help From a Raleigh Therapist
Will my therapist judge me? This is one of the greatest fears people have when going into therapy. It is only natural. They fear that the therapist will judge them. I would even go as far as to say that almost everyone has something that they feel ashamed about… if not when they come into […]
What If I Don’t Feel Like Talking? Help From A Raleigh Therapist
What if I don’t feel like talking? …… If therapy is really addressing significant issues, there will be times when instead of being eager to talk, you will feel like clamming up. This is to be expected. This is where the structure of regular times and regular sessions are in fact well …therapeutic. Here’s the […]
Why Does My Therapist Charge for Cancellations? Help From a Raleigh Therapist
(Why Does My Therapist Charge for Cancellations? Help From a Raleigh Therapist ) You’ve got a conflict with your therapy session and can’t cancel because it’s under 24 business hours and you’ll be charged for the time anyway. Darn! You find yourself really frustrated and wondering, ” Why is it that therapists charge for cancellations […]
Will I Do All Of The Talking? Help From A Raleigh Therapist
When considering counseling you may wonder, “Will I do all of the talking?” While the focus is on you, and you will do most of the talking the therapist will ask you questions to guide you. Those questions might be as broad as, “What brings you here?” or a specific as, “What was the first time […]
How Do I Choose a Counselor and What Do the Different Degrees and Licenses Mean?Help From A Raleigh Therapist
“How do I choose a counselor and what do the different degrees and licenses mean?” This is a confusing one that stumps a lot of people. Let me see if I can sort it out for you. A variety of professionals see clients for counseling or psychotherapy or sometimes is referred to as simply therapy. […]
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