http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/02/should-i-go-to-therapy/ <<exploring healthy therapy & counseling>> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/02/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6735 Rob Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:56:27 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/03/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6735 Wow, Meg! You are a glutton for punishment! How often do you "convert" clients who come unwillingly? If you have a good track record, I'd like to send some business your way! Really, I'm sort of just kidding. I do admire your willingness and enthusiasm to take on such tough clients. I can tell you heart is in the right place. Wow, Meg! You are a glutton for punishment! How often do you “convert” clients who come unwillingly? If you have a good track record, I’d like to send some business your way! Really, I’m sort of just kidding. I do admire your willingness and enthusiasm to take on such tough clients. I can tell you heart is in the right place.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/02/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6733 Meg Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:55:07 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/03/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6733 I know I may be a little odd in this, but I actually like it when someone comes to therapy who doesn't want to be there. I actually get a charge out of earning someone's trust and giving them guidance they actually end up accepting. To me, these are the most gratifying sorts of clients. I know I may be a little odd in this, but I actually like it when someone comes to therapy who doesn’t want to be there. I actually get a charge out of earning someone’s trust and giving them guidance they actually end up accepting. To me, these are the most gratifying sorts of clients.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/02/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6731 SALLY Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:53:49 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/03/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6731 I think that couple's therapy is valuable, but only if both people are willing to participate. I'm pretty fed up with one person dragging along a partner to therapy. If someone doesn't want to come to therapy, it'll never work! I think that couple’s therapy is valuable, but only if both people are willing to participate. I’m pretty fed up with one person dragging along a partner to therapy. If someone doesn’t want to come to therapy, it’ll never work!

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/02/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6729 sam Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:52:52 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/03/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6729 Couples therapy is a vital part of any healthy relationship. I must admit that I find myself getting frustrated as a couples' therapist at times. I just want to go to places like churches where families gather and hand out business cards. Not b/c I want to make money off of people-I went into this field to help people. I feel like therapy is in many ways much more effective if done before couples start having major problems. Couples therapy is a vital part of any healthy relationship. I must admit that I find myself getting frustrated as a couples’ therapist at times. I just want to go to places like churches where families gather and hand out business cards. Not b/c I want to make money off of people-I went into this field to help people. I feel like therapy is in many ways much more effective if done before couples start having major problems.

]]> http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/02/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6727 Augusta Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:51:13 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/2008/02/03/should-i-go-to-therapy/#comment-6727 I would like to echo the author's sentiment that turning to family to talk about marital problems is a bad idea and leads to even bigger problems. My sister-in-law did this very thing with her husband. She left him and ended up going back to him. Now that the whole family knows why she left him in the first place, no one in the family likes him. Tension has been created that would have been avoided if my sister-in-law had turned to counseling, even if it had to be individual counseling. As a result, our family is somewhat fragmented and has lost a lot of its closeness. I would like to echo the author’s sentiment that turning to family to talk about marital problems is a bad idea and leads to even bigger problems. My sister-in-law did this very thing with her husband. She left him and ended up going back to him. Now that the whole family knows why she left him in the first place, no one in the family likes him. Tension has been created that would have been avoided if my sister-in-law had turned to counseling, even if it had to be individual counseling. As a result, our family is somewhat fragmented and has lost a lot of its closeness.

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