WHEN TO SEEK COUNSELING

When to Seek Counseling

It all comes down to this. A person enters counseling because they feel lost or stuck. You may feel this way or it may be evident in your behavior. Lost or stuck? What does that have to do with depression, anxiety, drug/alcohol abuse, addictive gambling, compulsions or promiscuity, etc..? The answer is: Everything.

When a person enters counseling or is dragged into it by a spouse or relative, the common element among all problems are that behaviors, feelings, thoughts and perceptions seem irrational. You may know that you're unhappy, but for some reason you can't change. There is some other motivation, agenda or feeling that draws you into these repeated patterns. If you could see what it was, you might be able to resist the impulse or choose another means of satisfying it. Instead, you have lost yourself and you're stuck in an unproductive, unsatisfying, even destructive pattern of feelings and behavior.

Counseling is not a quick fix, but rather a choice to change one's future path.

Links to other important information:

Choosing the right Counselor When to seek counseling

What counseling is & isn't