Why is Mental Health Therapy Important?
Mental health is important to living a happy, healthy, and balanced life. It includes emotional, social, and psychological factors that affect how we think, act, and feel. Mental health regulates how we make choices, how we relate to those around us, and how we handle stress. How we deal with the bulk of our positive and negative emotions comes down to what state our mental health is in. It is important from childhood through adulthood.
Mental health problems are common, but there is help available. In fact, many people struggling with mental health issues recover completely and go on to live happy and healthy lives after seeking mental health counseling.
Why Seek Mental Health Therapy?
There are a variety of reasons why someone might seek mental health counseling because many factors contribute to mental health problems. Seeking help is important because it will improve the quality of your life.
Mental health challenges have been linked to family genetics, biological factors, and life experiences. Mental health challenges do not discriminate.There is no specific type or age of persons that mental health problems affect – they can impact anyone. In addition to improved mental health, seeking mental health treatment can lead to many other benefits. It positively impacts your physical health by improving the immune system, regulating sleeping habits, and lowering pain levels.
How Can Therapy Help?
Therapy is a safe space to talk about how you’re feeling and thinking without being judged. Often, people don’t reach out for help when they need it for fear of being criticized due to the stigma associated with mental health counseling—but that shouldn’t stop anyone from getting help.
Avoiding counseling can only lead to mental health deteriorating further. Many times, friends and family are not trained to understand or deal with mental health problems, so having someone to listen who does have experience is tremendously beneficial. Here at Dr. Stephen Oreski & Associates, a trained professional will help you work on understanding your thought processes, symptoms, triggers, and reactionary behaviors and help you discover the root cause for your mental health problems. There are many benefits to mental health counseling that can change your life.
What Are the Benefits of Mental Health Therapy?
- Work on altering or permanently changing destructive behaviors.
- Build interpersonal skills.
- Work towards your personal goals.
- Recognize triggers and learn how to cope with them properly.
- Build your confidence.
- Revisit your past and heal from it.
- Have control over strong emotions.
- Work towards rebuilding bonds with family and friends or recognize when it is time to let go of bonds that may be detrimental to your mental health.
Our experienced and compassionate team of licensed depression therapists will work with you to understand and identify the life problems and events that contribute to feelings of sadness. Together we will work with you to gain insight into the behaviors, ideas, and emotions that are causing you to feel depressed. We will work with you to develop an individualized plan to treat your depression utilizing the most up-to-date treatment protocols.
If you are interested in learning more about how we can help with depression, please contact us today.