3 Questions a Therapist Would Ask When You’re Scared to Take Action
We’ve all got a stereotype of a therapist in mind.
Perhaps it’s a middle-aged woman in a sweater who has graduate degrees for wallpaper. I personally revert to Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. Generally, we imagine some presence in the room who’s devoted to getting us where we need to go.
Essentially, this is what therapy is. It doesn’t need to be conceptualized as someone reaching for a box of tissues. It resonates much more when we embrace it’s rooted translation. Translated loosely from Greek, therapy means healing.
Bridging the gap from not okay to better. Stuck to unstuck.
Here’s my theory for people who are bogged down in some aspect of their life: there’s a thought, feeling or behavior that needs healing, addressing or some form of development. It could be one, two or all three, but everyone can develop in at least one of these domains. (Unless you’re Dwayne Johnson, there’s a real possibility he’s got it all down.)
In my go arounds in the mental health field and in the military, I’ve learned some basic analysis — questions — that can shake someone out of a slump.
I’ve used these questions on patients, family members, other Marines and myself. In my experience they’re best seen as tools to be…
