From A Therapist's Perspective

Weighing out options.
Asking important life questions.
Learning to cope with the world around us.

These are just a few reasons people seek me out for Therapy.

From my perspective, I offer my surrounding community the possibility to have Mental Wellness. I believe Mental Wellness is just as important as Physical Wellness.

In Therapy with my clients:

* I help people understand the truth behind their actions and emotions.

* I teach people what the healthy alternatives are to their actions and emotions.

* I show clients that their deepest darkest fears can be faced in the safety of my office which will then give them the courage to face their fears in the outside world as well as in themselves.

*  I take my clients out of denial and into awareness.

*  I show my clients to not blame themselves and others, but to learn from themselves and others.

*  I teach my clients that life will give them crutches, but that crutches are meant to be temporary. I show them that inner worth and coping skills should be strengthened to get them through rough times when the crutches fail or should no longer be used.

* I show my clients compassion so that they can create compassion towards themselves and others.

* I teach my clients to find balance between thoughts and  emotions so that they can find solutions to their problems.

* I show my clients that there is not one answer but multiple answers to the issues they face in their lives.

* I listen to my clients when no one else will listen to them.

* I challenge my clients when no one else will challenge them.

* I teach my clients coping skills where others may have failed to do so.

* I instill in my clients that they are not to blame the past, but to shed light on  the past so they can learn to better understand themselves and move forward in their lives.

* I show my clients that they cannot control others, but there are therapeutic techniques to control themselves.

*  I teach my clients to forgive themselves and others. I teach my clients that forgiveness is a way of not letting themselves or others off the hook, but a way to learn from past mistakes and set themselves free from past anguish, sadness and resentment.

*  I laugh with my clients. I sympathize with my clients. I empathize with my clients. I give guidance to my clients.

* I show my clients that if they can face themselves, inner demons and all, they can face anything.

*  I am able to do all of these things for my clients, due to the thousands of hours of training I went through in my college education, but also, because I had to first learn to do all of these things with myself.

Author:  Charity M Loring, LMSW
Loringtherapy.com
Loring Therapy, LLC serves the Southeast Metro Detroit area in Michigan.