Read the latest blogs from David E. Myers, Ph.D.. David is a relational counselor and therapist serving the Birmingham, Alabama area. Dr. Myers specializes in a number of different areas, including psychotherapy, relationship counseling, help with anxiety, help with depression, and psychodynamic therapy. Read more below!
Do you want to know how counseling can benefit your relationship? Then you are at the right place, explained in an infographic below:
Even though many of us know about the numerous benefits of counseling and psychotherapy, we also have some misconceptions associated with the same. Among these is the stigmatization of counseling as something that’s only beneficial for those suffering from serious psychological disorders. People may sometimes see counseling as something that’s exclusively for those diagnosed with serious psychological disorders.
We’re going to elaborate on why this isn’t true and why even in the absence of a black and white diagnosis, counseling may be helpful.
When you’re looking for a home to live in, you go house hunting. When you’re hiring a new employee, you go through a probation period. Or when you’re making a bold business move, you might work with a feasibility consultant prior. The point? If it matters enough, you do your due diligence.
But when it comes to intimate relationships – more specifically marriage, do we go in blind?
Here are some of the signs that you should recognize and go for couples therapy:
Mental health awareness is seriously picking up pace today both in the US and elsewhere. People are now recognizing and accepting the presence of psychological and emotional difficulties that many struggle with. They are also developing the knowledge and vocabulary to describe what is happening with them and around them.
A lot of this knowledge, vocabulary and even current treatment techniques are geared to address what is known as emotional or psychological distress.
Couples therapy is something that many within the US and around the rest of the world are slowly starting to accept as useful and on occasion, important.
At the same time, there are many who may be skeptical about how the same can benefit a relationship and about to what degree it is effective.
Do you know all the signs indicating that you need couple therapy? We recommend going to your Birmingham relationship counselor today! Explained in the infographic below:
Dissociation is essentially an in-built defense mechanism that protects us from various forms of trauma, including abusive relationships, incidences of violence, addiction, etc. Dissociation is very common in children who haven’t yet developed coping mechanisms to handle such trauma. Once they’ve learned to better manage bad experiences, they usually stop dissociating.
No one goes into a relationship thinking it will fail; most people will put in an honest effort to try and make things work. For some, it’s easy to walk away from a relationship that isn’t good for them but others choose to remain in a bad relationship despite seeing all the warning signs.