What is the counselling journey going to be like?
What if you're going to therapy because you want your life to be different, but you don't have an idea of what the journey will look like? Dear reader, especially if you haven't had counselling before but you've heard the BetterHelp ads about how your life could be better, you may wonder: What can you expect once you start therapy? Well, I'm going to try to lay that out for you. Firstly, a disclaimer: everyone is different. That means, no two people will have the same experiences (experiences that may be holding you back from a better life); nor the same two ways of being in the world that make certain things easier or harder to navigate; nor will they be on the same point on their journey to feeling more in control of their destiny. Right. Now I've got that out of the way, I'm going to generalise and predict EXACTLY what everyone* will experience. 1) IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE JUST TALKING. I can do this with my mum/mates/girlfriend/husband/religious l...