A psychologist for me?

Who am I?
How will I overcome this ordeal?
Why do I often bond with toxic people?
Why am I so sad?
Why am I so angry in this situation or during this kind of conversation?
Why am I having trouble communicating with my family?


If you are regularly asking yourself those kind of question, it is perhaps time to seek help from a competent tird party.

Let's deconstruct preconceived ideas about therapy that could prevent you from taking the leap.


Shrinks are for crazy people.
It is important to distinguish psychologist from psychiatrist. A psychiatrist goes through medical school and then specializes in psychiatry. They are professionals in psychopathology and are entitled to prescribe medication, unlike the psychologist.
What does crazy really mean? Here are some resources that could help you: definition of madness and some quotes to see things differently.

There are no results for several years.
The duration of therapy varies depending on the person and the request.

Psychologists try to solve their own problems.
Being a psychologist is a vocation where it is necessary to know oneself, and to be at eas with one's own narrative, values ​​and convictions.

I will be judged.
The psychologist's office is a safe space of free speech and without judgment, it is a time dedicated for oneself. Psychical work with a psychologist is not done without a therapeutic alliance.

I don't need a shrink, I have my friends.
Consulting a psychologist and maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships are complementary. The psychologist has an external, neutral and benevolent vision. There are things we cannot or do not want to tell our friends.

I can do it alone.
Some pains cannot to be managed alone and the first step is to accept these pains in order to accept to be helped.
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