This article was submitted by Juliann R. Villanueva, LMFT, of Mental Health Resources, Inc. of New Mexico
Let’s be honest with each other. More often then not, mental health counseling is viewed negatively by society which could prevent someone from making that initial call to seek therapeutic services. It is not uncommon for someone to believe, “There is something wrong with me if I’m seeing a counselor” or worse, “I must be crazy!”. A little bit more honesty, counseling does not mean laying on a couch facing away from your therapist as he/she lazily doodles on a notepad asking you to talk about your mother. Although, we may ask you to discuss family relationships from time to time, we are not here to place blame on your mom. I am sure she did the best she could with what she had available to her at the time she was raising you. These harmful stigmas could prevent you from recognizing the benefits of mental health counseling. People tend to seek counseling during a challenging period in their life. They could be seeking immediate relief from painful life changes such as the death of a loved one, a relationship loss, employment stressors or addictive behaviors. [click to continue…]
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