Why I Love Being A Therapist
Why I Love Being A Therapist – I love what I do! Being a therapist is more than a job – it reflects a part of me that enjoys getting to know people at a real level. The therapy process allows for authentic, face to face conversation on a very real level. As a Therapist, I find it a great privilege to help guide people through the challenges that they might face in their lives, to help ease their emotional burdens, and empower people to achieve change. With a new focus my clients can then work towards a new way to live in both their personal and professional lives.
Here are my top 5 reasons on why I love being a Therapist:
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I Love Helping People Learn About Themselves.
My room not only provides a safe place for my clients to express their most vulnerable of emotions, but in therapy, we will also dig deep to understand the clients thought process, their motivations, and behaviours. As a therapist, working with the client on a one to one basis has become highly individualized, based on the needs of the client. The therapy experience allows clients a chance to process and make sense of what is happening in their lives.
Today’s world is so fast-paced that we don’t often get the opportunity to reflect on what’s happening in our lives until it is too late. Sometimes we just need some time to think and gain a perspective so we can make sound decisions. We learn in school about so many things, but very little is learned about how to deal with our emotions. Therapy then becomes an eye-opening experience for the client. Therapy is an empowering process that can guide the client and help them become a better person both inside and out.
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Being able to create a safe place
People need a safe space to talk about things that are causing them concern in their lives. I have sought therapy in the past and my therapist made me feel safe and relaxed and above all valued. This is exactly what I wanted and inspired me to want to go forward and become a therapist. So fast forward a few years and here I am a therapist myself. Many people will come to therapy not really knowing about what is going to happen, feeling that they might be judged. For new clients it is important to create a warm and comforting place where that person can open up, when as a therapist we get this right it is all inspiring and can change a person’s life.
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Laughter
Yes, there are tears and scrunched up tissue at times, but there is probably more laughter in a therapy room than you would think. As the relationship builds between clients and therapist, we are able to find reasons to laugh together. While clients will share their inner most thoughts, they will also share their lighter side, they also appreciate my quick-witted sometimes goofy humour.
It is important to allow the client to be themselves, and be able to understand their emotions, but at the same time to be able to feel a light-heartedness and positive energy when they’re in the therapy room. The therapy room is an uplifting place, and it becomes their space not mine.
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Being a Witness to the Clients Growth
This has to be my absolute favourite part of the therapy process. I often see clients when they are at their most desperate and lowest point in their lives. There are feelings of shame, unworthiness, sadness, anger, and hopelessness. But over time, we work together so they can grow and rise. You encourage them that the work they are doing is worthwhile, and then watch them break down the barriers that have sometimes been holding them back for most of their lives. Helping a person pursue a better them, the stronger them and a more resilient them. The greatest moments in therapy are seeing the transformation of clients who have suffered from deep issues that have evolved from a place of loneliness and despair to a place that they can find new hope for the future.
I help clients break through feelings of anxiety, depression and Trauma, to help them gain peace, personal insight, and an empowered mind-set to move through life and future challenges, I never cease to be amazed on how wonderful this is to watch.
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Purpose
I really believe that it is a privilege to hear people’s life’s stories. I naturally develop close relationships with people, getting to know them beyond a superficial level, and letting them know I am there for them. It’s been an amazing, fulfilling journey for myself, and I hope to continue walking alongside people who need support, encouragement and empowerment in their lives. I consider myself so fortunate to wake up and feel so much passion for the work that I do with people, and I can see myself doing this for a very long time to come.