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2961: 10 Reasons You Would Benefit From Therapy by Ira Israel on How to Truly Improve Your Life

Nov 5, 2023
Ira Israel, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, explores 10 reasons why therapy is beneficial, including financial stress, work-life balance, relationship issues, addiction, negative patterns, trauma, emotional expression, self-esteem, personal growth, and life guidance. He also discusses the frustrations of modern life, the connection between betrayal and primal abandonment wound, and the benefits of therapy in providing support and reframing situations.
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  • Therapy provides fresh perspectives and helps reframe current situations, enabling immediate changes or acceptance.
  • Therapy offers a space for self-reflection and exploration, allowing individuals to reclaim agency and address deep-seated self-hatred or feelings of betrayal rooted in societal expectations.

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Reasons You Would Benefit From Therapy

Therapy can be beneficial for various reasons. Firstly, on a cognitive level, therapy provides fresh perspectives and helps reframe current situations, enabling immediate changes or acceptance. Secondly, on an emotional level, therapy supports individuals in being their authentic selves, countering feelings of being a fraud or impostor. Therapists model authenticity and inspire clients to be their highest and most genuine selves. Therapy offers a space for self-reflection and exploration, allowing individuals to reclaim agency and address deep-seated self-hatred or feelings of betrayal rooted in societal expectations.

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