Therapy for Individuals

Therapy is losing the stigma it used to have.  People are beginning to understand that mental health is as important as health for the body.  People come for therapy for different reasons.  Some just need to release the tension that has been building up within them and they need to talk to someone whom they can trust.  The relationship with one's therapist is very private and too often I hear that a partner or relative etc....want to know what is discussed.  I have been told that the relationship is intimate and not to be shared.  If you are seeing a therapist, how would you define the relationship?   Studies have demonstrated that the relationship with the therapist is even more important than the knowledge the therapist has.  My opinion?  That you find that therapist whom you find comfort with.  I remember in 101 being instructed that in the old days one would confide to a favourite aunt but that those days have changed.  Sometimes a person has to take a step back from themselves because they are so overwhelmed that they need to take a look at their lives more objectively.  Some will come to therapy for one reason and determine that what is actually harming them is something quite different.  You can become so overwhelmed that you don't know what is happening anymore and you just need the tools to stop, re-examine your life and finding yourself in it.  In 101, I was instructed that two months of therapy is enough.  What I have come to realize is that everyone is different.  What may take two months for one person, may take a year for another or three sessions for someone else.  That is all for today.  I want to talk about Doors Open later in the week.  This is when our city opens the doors for areas you would normally pay to go in or other points of interest.  Til then, take care of yourselves.