I had 4 REHAs and tens of hours of group therapy and had several quite different therapists during that time. Each one highlighted a different facet of the same problem, and ONE said a particular sentence at the end that made all these fragments collapse into one big picture. But none of this would have happened without my own cooperation. Therapy is work on and for oneself. Apparently there are always people who can't or won't see or understand that. IF you go to therapy, then the therapist can only help you to help yourself. No therapist will print out a manual for you. YOU have to write this manual yourself. The therapist can help you do that and talk you through other ideas and perspectives. But YOU MUST go there and WANT to get involved. Edit: And the therapist helps you to work out a set of tools (new behaviours, coping strategies, survival mechanics) which you can and need to build into your life to change and/or avoid those things which make you ill.

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