If life were easy, there’d be no such thing as chronic stress, depression, and anxiety. Though certainly worth living, it is an ever-changing journey that everyone travels with lots of highs and plenty of lows. It is during those especially trying or stressful times that the mind becomes most compromised. While some circumstances may be easier than others to navigate, there are times in which it impacts your very quality of life and emotional well-being. During those instances, is when you may need to reach out to an expert to guide you through the process.
Clinical Therapist
The mind, like life, is very complex. A circumstance, event, or chemical imbalance could trigger complications in the mind that manifest externally. Mental health disorders like bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and more can develop for several reasons altering the way you think and live.
A clinical therapist is an educated and trained counselor that identifies, examines, treats, and guides individuals suffering from mental or emotional health issues. Using an array of psychological practices and medical resources such as medication, these therapists, with time, are able to cure or help patients cope with their condition.
Addiction Therapist
In an effort to fit in, be happy, cope with overwhelming circumstances in life, and sometimes just by genetics, people develop addictions to others, things, and behaviors. Often starting off as a bad habit or vice, these false senses of pleasure lead to dependency and then addiction – the feeling you can’t do without it. Kicking addictions aren’t always easy on your own. Whether your vice is sex, drugs, alcohol, video games, or shopping, recovery requires both a physical and mental detox.
An addiction therapist often offered as a treatment in drug rehabilitation programs and other rehab facilities is a trained professional for aiding in recovery. They work with addicts to identify the underlying cause of their addictions and behaviors and come up with a cognitive plan to help them learn to cope with their problems without the crutch of their vices.
Family Therapist
Believe it or not, many of life’s difficulties stem from the family. Likely because they are the closest to you and your first examples of how to live, those you love can often be the reason you need to seek third party advice. From domestic violence, relationship problems and infertility issues to troubled teens, childhood behavioral issues, and grieving, there are instances in which having an unbiased opinion, is the only way to move forward.
Family therapists are trained in these areas. They work with family members individually as well as in groups to help find a resolution to some of their most difficult obstacles. They provide a listening ear, an outside opinion, and an expert plan of action to help resolve the matter and aide the family in adapting to their new normal.
Everyone wishes they could go through life without ever having a complication, but the chances of that happening are impossible. While you hope for more good than bad, when things go wrong, you must learn to heal physically and mentally. When circumstances are especially trying to navigate on your own, turning to any of the above-mentioned mental health professionals can help guide you back to peace.