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Do You Need Therapy After A Breakup And How Does It Work?
Learn whether or not you need therapy after a breakup, along with what to watch out for and what to expect when you start therapy.
While not always perfect, therapy remains the most effective and prevalent solution for most heartbreak-related problems. However, what holds people back from actually getting into therapy after a breakup are all the bullshit stereotypes attached to it.
Some think it all revolves around curling up on a couch and choking back sobs. Some think of it as nothing but interpreting ink blots (which, for some reason, always resemble my attempts at getting a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree). Others think therapy is primarily synonymous with mainlining on pills.
Spoiler alert: none of this is real therapy. Real therapy is much more mundane and personal. It also contains much less drama.
What Therapy Is And How It Looks Like
Therapy is about helping you make your unconscious feelings, thoughts, and insecurities conscious and then teaching you how to exert control over them so they don’t hold you back anymore.
Let me illustrate this for you.
