Psychotherapy provides you with an opportunity to work with someone who cares about you and wants to work with you to improve what ever the situation is that brought you to therapy. In some cases, the benefits might be substantial. In other cases, the benefits might be more modest. How much progress you make towards your goals depends on many things, including the nature and severity of your problem, how good of a fit you and your counselor are, your readiness to make the needed changes, and other factors.

The Risks

In some cases, your therapist will ask you to talk about topics or events that are emotionally painful. This may be difficult and unpleasant. However, it is often an important step towards reclaiming your life. It is also true that in some cases the problem may get worse temporarily, as it fights to keep control of your life while you fight to take that control away from the problem. If this happens, be sure to let your therapist know.