REFLECT-ABILITY

SUPPORT - Sometimes life gets difficult or complicated, for whatever reason, and we may feel we need help with bearing up with it... SUPPORT from a professional, who will work to understand and who respects our circumstances, provides much needed respite on a regular basis. Knowing that we can open up and unburden to somebody who is not likely to judge us (or others we care about), or get tangled up in the ins and outs of the situation (with family, partner, friends, at work, etc.) can make us feel we have a 'Safe Space' (the regular session time in the therapist's consulting room) which is just for us, where it is all right to feel and say whatever it is we feel and want to say. Friends and family may care about us deeply, but may get anxious about seeing us in distress and be quick to provide (well-intentioned) 'solutions' for our problems. Therapists generally understand how important it is to opt out of the 'advice mode', and choose to 'stay with' our difficulties instead, as this..