{"id":7364,"date":"2022-09-30T15:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themind.ro\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2022-09-30T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:45:08","slug":"imaginary-q-a-whats-all-the-fuss-with-psychotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mail.themind.ro\/en\/articole\/imaginary-q-a-whats-all-the-fuss-with-psychotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary Q & A: What\u2019s all the fuss with psychotherapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is psychotherapy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just as in school, we\u2019ll start with the definition: psychotherapy is a tool designed to help you know yourself (vulnerabilities, fears, desires, etc. – you get a kind of map of your mental life), change what you want to change in your life, and develop mentally and emotionally.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why should you try it? Simple: you are first and foremost the one who lives with yourself, with your mind. Wouldn’t you like to have the best life possible?<\/p>\n

A more complicated answer: We have nowhere to run from ourselves. Running away from the others might work, from ourselves doesn\u2019t. Somehow, it is still hard for us to understand that we carry ourselves everywhere, our secret fears, our inner demons, our sometimes lost hopes, our small or big loves and misses, our fits of courage and acts of cowardice. Sooner or later, we are the same person, in the middle of Bucharest or on a beach in Bali. And that’s because the world makes sense in our minds, in each one of our minds. Psychotherapy helps you gain insight, that is, understand how your mind works, so that you can be the one who decides the direction of your life.<\/p>\n

Who?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Me, you, anyone. Psychotherapy is not a select club where only those with mental or major life problems enter but is addressed to all of us. Let’s check: Have you ever felt stuck? Overwhelmed by stress or worry? Confused? Having a professional or personal dilemma? Having a problem in your relationship? Do you always know why you act the way you do? Psychotherapy deals with all that.<\/p>\n

Alain de Botton says it clearly: the only qualification you need to go to therapy is to be a perfectly normal human being.<\/p>\n

Why not talk to a friend?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We really encourage you to talk to a trusted friend: the social support network is very important for our mental balance. However, we often need a different perspective and specialized support. In addition, a psychotherapist has the following advantages:<\/p>\n