How to Make Counseling Work For You
In the previous post, we discussed that your willingness to improve your relationship will make counseling work in your favor. Dr. Noah H. Kersey, renowned psychologist, says in his article titled ‘Key Steps to Success in Counseling‘ that apart from willingness, one needs motivation, commitment, and faith to make counseling work. Here’s what Dr. Kersey has to say:
…Seeking help and making changes in your life requires courage. If you are willing to be different you are about a quarter of the way to having a better life.
…When an individual has both the willingness to improve and the motivation to do so, they have half of what it takes to succeed in the counseling process.
…The key to success in counseling, or in any task in life, aside from having the willingness and the motivation to change [adapt or learn] is to stay the course of therapy and realize that interpersonal problems develop over many years and it will take time to resolve them. If you possess or develop these attributes in the initial phase of counseling you will be three quarters on the way to success.
…Each person fails when they have little or no faith in the healing process of change. The successful individual understands that it takes believing in yourself and in others to accomplish a goal or task. They realize that a certain amount of trust needs to be placed in a well-trained, well-educated health care provider or at least explore their lack of trust issues with the therapist in the beginning phase of counseling…
It makes perfect sense that counseling will work for you only if you are willing to participate, keep yourself motivated, commit to making changes, and have faith in the process.
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