Do You need Therapy

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Are you asking whether:

I need therapy.
People in general need therapy.
Or you, yourself, need therapy?

I am with Raleigh and not exactly sure what you’re asking… But in general, I feel most people could benefit from therapy. Whether they do or not, will greatly be dependent on the therapist.

For me… Therapy has not been a success. I don’t really get anything from siting down and talking with a stranger. She keeps saying it’s a slow process. That maybe so, but after a year I should be able to see some progress. I went into therapy because I honestly believe I do need some help in areas, in order to move and better myself (both professionally and personally).

Personally could still do with some form of therapy, depression is not something easily vanquished, and it frequently creeps back into one's head. I responded well to some CBT before, but finding a good therapist is - not to completely plagiarise a book commendation I recently read - like searching for the one diamond hidden in a sea of zircon.

I think self help books with fill in the blank activity sections for self reflection are more effective than seeing an actual therapist. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy books are most effective I think, because CBT gets one thinking on their own about what is and is not helpful or healthy as opposed to other branches of psychology that tell you a preformed generic opinion about what could be wrong with you based on your symptoms (thereby being less accurate than CBT).

I had a little therapy when i was going through a psychotic depression & I didn't get anything out of it. I've had much better luck working on things myself. Posting on forums trying to analyze things & sort things out, doing research on meds to treat certain issues & then getting them prescribed(or buying them online). I'm not saying therapy wouldn't benefit me now but I'm skeptical about it. I guess it would depend on the therapist & what kind of things we try to work on.

I would like a good go-trough-issues but i doubt that's possible, too far from the matrix would scare the therapist and they would be a threat to my sanity as a result.

I have therapy once every fortnight at the autism centre.

I was offered therapy after my diagnosis.

I didn't take up the offer.

For a start, I couldn't think of any specific issue that a therapist could help me with. And on top of that, I researched the therapist's methods and they basically would have involved repeating what I said to make me feel listened to, and then asking my thoughts and leaving long silences until I came up with my own solutions. Very much "What do you want to achieve?", "How do you think you could achieve that?". I'm sure she does a fantastic job, but I deal with awkward silences enough without voluntarily going into that situation, and if I want to sit in silence and think up my own solutions then I can do that from the comfort of my bed.

I need and receive occupational therapy, psychical therapy and speech therapy.

Probably. But I'm thinking of becoming a mental health NP so then I can diagnose and treat myself.

Looking back, I wonder if I had gotten physical therapy when I was very young, would I still be having chronic pain now. At least I'm getting the therapy now. The same problems were there when I was very young, but I just got yelled at by my parents.

This seems to be a common thing with my family. My 18 year old cousin has had a speech impediment since he was very young. He's only starting to get speech therapy now. After years of being mocked for the way he speaks.

I do now.

I haven't been in any kind of therapy in years, so I really don't know. I only see my psychiatrist and that's once in every two or three months.

That's a very good question. I prefer to work things out for myself. I had therapy 19 years ago when I had my mental breakdown. It didn't do me much good. I can think of one person I got rid of who desperately needs it. I need someone to confide in. That's what I need. I'm not sure if that would be the same thing as therapy, but it would help me a lot.

I know what you mean. I try and explain to my husband that what I need is someone to talk to and whom makes an attempt to get me. And, honestly, I don't want to pay a copay for that because all that does is make me upset which negates the therapy and it all becomes moot.