Do you know that individual therapy improves your overall health? When under stress, all of us develop physical signs of stress. These can included tension, headaches, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression, or substance abuse. Being able to discuss your feelings in a private, caring environment with a psychologist can alleviate your symptoms of stress! A full 90 percent of us develop depression sometime in our lives, due to life stressors we all experience, but cannot anticipate. Divorce, job stress or the death of a loved one can cause us so much stress that we cannot cope on our own. This is where individual therapy may help. Sometimes family members are also suffering stress, so they are not the best ones to lean on for support. When a family suffers a loss we all deal with it differently. That is why you see people grieve differently as well. Individual therapy can help each person get through it on their own, since we all deal with loss differently. Also, friends or family have a difficult time keeping a secret and not telling others about your problems. Psychologists are trained to listen to your problems in a confidential environment, and help you find coping skills that work, help you learn to react differently, and help you to feel like yourself again. That is why so many companies offer Employee Assistance Programs (EAP’s) for employees like us to get help free when we go through difficult times in our lives that we cannot cope with alone. Call today, and be on track for a happy, healthy new year—you’ll be glad you did!
