What Is Therapy?

Therapy is a treatment by a trained professional that addresses mental health conditions of a patient. This helps a patient understand these issues and create strategies to help with them.  Some reasons someone might see a therapist is if they are experiencing depression, anxiety, hopelessness, or their actions are negatively affecting themselves or the people around them. If you are looking to improve your overall mental health, therapy might be a great option for you.

What Are the Benefits of Therapy?

Therapy can help patients in a variety of ways.  These are not all the benefits, but the are some of the more common benefits. These benefits include:

• Managing your substance use
• Treating a mental health condition
• Improving relationships with others
• Improving sleep and happiness
• Lowering blood pressure
• Developing coping skills

Which Therapy Is Right for You?

Therapy has developed a lot of the years. Nowadays you can receive therapy online or in person, making it even easier to get the help you need. Therapy can be done individually or in a group involving at least two people, and there are so many different forms of therapy available. The right type of therapy really depends on your needs and what your overall goals are with therapy.

When looking for a therapist your primary care provider can refer you to someone or based on your insurance you can do your own research online. You can also ask friends, family, or coworkers if they know a good therapist based on their own experiences. Your therapist should have the right amount of experience and qualifications to be able to help you and the time available to meet the needs of your schedule.

Get to know your therapist ahead of time by possibly doing a free consolation and see how they respond to all their questions. Your therapist will be able to find the form of therapy that best suits your unique needs, so important to work with a therapist who has experiences treating patients like you. You should feel a good connection and heard with the therapist because you will be working with them a lot. Depending on your needs your therapy may be longer or shorter than others until you get the results you are looking for.

Pillars Community Health Resources

At Pillars Community Health (PCH) we are actively working to eliminate stigma including the ones surrounding mental health. Our services are available in English and Spanish and open to all patients regardless of health insurance status. We accept some private insurance as well as Medicaid and self-pay and some services are offered on a sliding fee scale (payment based on income). All patients are welcome regardless of age, language, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.

Our behavioral health services include short-term behavioral health counseling, and referral to Behavioral Health for longer-term individual, family, or group therapy. These include office-based, home-based, and community-based therapy for children, adults, and families where our clinicians assess and create a plan from the very start. In addition to those therapy services, PCH also has a Community Support Individual (CS-I) program for adults, children and adolescents to help them make progress toward their therapeutic goals, rehabilitative, resiliency, and recovery goals.

Your new mental health journey can start now. All you need to do is contact Pillars Community, and we will assess your needs and create a plan for you. Visit https://pillarscommunityhealth.org/services/behavioral-health-and-support-services/ to find out more.