They are often feelings of emptiness, inadequacy, less value, sadness, lack of pleasure in life, a feeling of lack of purpose and meaning in our actions. Sometimes we are taken by fears, physical sensations of paralysis when facing some situation, we are experiencing in life.
There are still cases in which we can seek therapy because we are curious to discover new things about ourselves. We may want to develop new skills, or we may want to launch ourselves into new life challenges. In a professional space we can better listen to ourselves and may take the necessary steps to make better decisions. The human being is complex and multidimensional. In many moments of our life we face situations in which the simplistic views of social patterns is not able to meet our deepest needs.
Psychotherapists work with issues associated to the individual's internal conflicts, which invariably causes discomfort in people's daily lives and in their relationships. In the current world, there seems to be an enormous demand regarding our lives following a certain pattern and an increasing intolerance towards feelings that are considered negative. This scenario contributes to the development or worsening of various symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and stress.
The psychotherapeutic process sheds light on ourselves, rescues us from our internal prisons, helps us to develop our autonomy and our strength to live in a more authentic, conscious, full, and happy way. Welcoming the human being in its entirety, rescuing contact with our essence, the pleasure of being who we are and unleashing our spontaneous-creative potential, is linked to the path of self-knowledge, and living our life purpose.
Psychotherapy is self-knowledge and self-appropriation. A therapist’s role is to help the client in the process of self-understanding and transforming frustrations and discomforts that limit their spontaneous-creative potential. In other words, therapists help the client in developing their potential to create and live a healthier life.
In my personal view, therapists are the ones who walk with the client in the process of developing true self-esteem, which is true self-acceptance, a process that goes far beyond the rigid social behaviors and the family and socio-cultural demands that we internalize during our process of life.
