Can you be your own therapist?

Answer 1

I would say you can. But you have to commit to being completely honest with your self. That would be the key, honesty to your self. Can you do this? You will have to be able to realize, what your problems are and deal with them in an honest manner. If you can not do this. You should see a therapist.

Answer 2

Actually, a goal of psychotherapy is to do just that -to help you become your own therapist. And not just in terms of talking to yourself, but rather in terms of self-understanding and effective use of what you know about yourself. If this doesn't happen, you may forever be dependent on the therapist, in some unhealthy ways. And thus, another important goal of therapy is to break free of the therapist -in good time.

You may need (one could argue that we all DO need, from time-to-time) a therapist to get us to the point that we can take the wheel. But that's he whole idea -to get YOU behind the wheel.

In general, people have come to understand that for phsyical ills, it is the body itself that performs the cure: not a doctor, not a medicine, not a treatment. Medical science may provide tools or som,e missing ingredients, but your body does all the work. Put another way, no matter the power of medicine or effectiveness of treatment, nothing at all will wrok UNLESS the body puts it all to work.

Likewise mental health is achieved and maintained by your own brain. Setting conditions is the job of the therapist; doing the work is your own job.

So, you not only CAN be your own therapist.

You are.

Answer 3

Absolutely! A mind set is all that is needed for a change to begin.
Now, I am not saying that every situation can be fixed without a therapist, however, if people would just take the time to sit back and think of all the probabilities and possibilities of why things are the way they are, they could probably solve most of their problems themselves. People tend to play naive to think that they are the source of their own problems, which in fact, we are most likely the major cause of our own self-distruction. We need to begin to look within ourselves first at what we can change to make us better, then look outward at what we can do to make a difference. 9 times out of 10 we are our own biggest enemies. Stop fighting with the system and take charge of our own lives, and our responsibilities....if we do this we would all save $1,000's of dollars on therapy alone.

Answer 4

Therapists are given a set of guidance on the thank you to assist human beings get by their very own problems. Therapists are human beings too, and have struggles basically like something human beings. it somewhat is kind of like asking, why does not a doctor basically pass to himself for a verify-up or why does not a barber basically minimize his very own hair?

Answer 5

Partially.

If you don't have huge gigantic problems, then keeping a detailed journal might be all you need to help you understand yourself better.

but if you already have a personality disorder, not to mwention a true mental illness or a physical illness that affects your brain, no, you can't be your own therapist.

Answer 6

Yes. With practice. I'll use an easy example. Say your job requires you to be in front of people all day. You may not talk to many of them but you feel uncomfortable knowing the people see you and look at you.

At different times throughout the day, you could silently repeat to yourself the following phrase; "I do not give anyone the power to affect the way I feel."

You are training yourself how to respond to this situation. Repeated enough times, it will become effective.

This works for many things.

Answer 7

I think this is like the man who represented himself in court. He had a fool for a client. The very nature of therapy is that you have someone help you work out your problems. You should however be a partner in your therapy, and do things at home that will help you to overcome your problems

Answer 8

i believe that therapists are there to help you help yourself so if you can find your own inner problems or whatever then you can be your own therapist and solve them yourself.

Answer 9

self-help books are as good as it gets for self-therapy. therapists are worth the money if you really want to do something effective

Answer 10

Not entirely, because you are jubjective to yourself. You need a person from the outside, objective, that can see your problems in a way you can't