But being capable of tolerating uncomfortable feelings associated with your conflicts can make all the difference during difficult times. Therapy offers the opportunity to develop the skills and abilities necessary to be resilient as well as regain control over your life.

Developing a sound sense of self and understanding what motivates your behaviors, thoughts and emotions has the ability to change the way you relate to yourself and others, thereby rendering the ability to engage in more satisfying social, emotional and professional relationships.

This is an important distinction because we exist in a society interested in immediate gratification rather than taking the time necessary to create long-term resolution to problems. Human behavior is complex. When you have serious or recurrent issues that you grapple with and elect to resolve them with the fastest means possible, often that success is short-lived. An important goal of therapy is to equip each person participating in treatment with the capability to solve problems in a meaningful way.

A healthy relationship with a therapist affords the opportunity to evaluate parts of yourself that are difficult to acknowledge so that you too can stop judging yourself and begin a path toward forgiveness and self-acceptance.

This means that as the client you are able to contribute your own thoughts, goals and objectives that you see fit to achieve the desired outcome. As clients, your role is just as significant as the therapist; therefore a feeling of equality rather than authority should exist within the relationship.