Face to Face and Online Therapy

It can help to think about therapy in the same way that we think about going to the gym. For some people, the motivation is driven by some sort of crisis. We've put on a few too many pounds and our clothes no longer fit. Or our blood pressure has crept higher than we've ever seen it. So we renew our membership, lace up our trainers and do something about it. The same process can happen with our mental health. A relationship breakdown. The loss of a job. The loss of a loved one. And so we turn to therapy to talk and make sense of the emotions we're feeling. 

For others, therapy is as much a part of a healthy lifestyle as yoga classes, twice weekly weights sessions and eating a rainbow diet. For this group of people, the weekly therapy session can be about unpacking the baggage that we all carry with us - the childhood trauma, toxic relationships, limiting self beliefs. Working on these issues gives us an understanding of why we do what we do, and feel how we feel. Making sense of ourselves helps us to grow and make positive changes. And when a major life event hits - as they inevitably do - we're in a much better position to face it.