FAQs

Is Therapy Easy?

Unlike a medical doctor, a therapist typically doesn’t ‘do something’ to you, you’re an active participant in the process. Therefore, the more active, honest, and vulnerable clients are willing to be, the more they’ll get out of the process

What does being active look like? Taking the lead in sessions. For instance, you might reflect on what you’d like to discuss in therapy and what you’d like to work on. Instead of waiting for the therapist to bring up a topic, you bring in your own topic.

Therapy requires clients to be introspective, and to honestly explore relationships patterns and personal foibles and to be willing to take risks to do something different. In fact, most of the work happens outside the therapy office. Because you’re working on applying what you learn in therapy to various situations in your life.

How long does therapy take?

Unfortunately, this is not possible to say in a general FAQs page. Everyone’s circumstances are unique to them and the length of time counseling can take to allow you to accomplish your goals depends on your desire for personal development, your commitment, and the factors that are driving you to seek counseling in the first place.

Can I just take medication?

Medication can be effective but it alone cannot solve all issues. Sometimes medication is needed in conjunction with counseling. Our work together is designed to explore and unpack the problems you are experiencing and expand on your strengths that can help you accomplish your personal goals.

Is therapy only for crisis situations?

Therapy is preventative. We often think that therapy is for crises. We think we need to go when our world has exploded: when we’ve faced an excruciating loss, when we’ve been blindsided by infidelity, when we’ve suffered some terrible trauma. So it might surprise you to learn that therapy is actually one of the best methods of preventative health care you can do for your mind and your body before problems get too big.