i had it right after ym Auto Accident for 2 yrs ? was a wast of $$$ and my time .. all the Dr asked me if i need my RX refill'd ..oH wait? do you mean sex counseling? or just in general speaking? lol right now i need Blue Balls Counseling!

IN GENERAL OR SEXUAL, ANY COUNSELING.

I was in counselling for about 6 months at the beginning of 2007 to help deal with husbands issues. We went some together and I went seperate and he went alone. She helped him and that in turn helped me. The only reason we went together is insurance reasons.

You have to find someone you really trust and are comfortable with in order for it to benefit you. And if you are going just to get mediciation then will see a psychiarist and they won't really help you deal with problems just mask over it with drugs. A psychologist(SP)can't prescribe drugs and is there to help you. Can work together with both kinds of doctors.

YOU KNOW WHERE I GET THE BEST COUSELING AND RELEASE OF THE SHIT ON MY BRAIN....


RIGHT HERE AT DAILY STRENGTH.


IT'S DONE IN JUST OVER A YEAR WHAT YEARS OF COUNSELING NEVER COULD.



AND SOSS, YOU ARE A GREAT COUNSELOR.LOL.

Glad to be of help in way you need me. :)

I really don't know how I would have survived the sexual/physical/mental abuse of my childhood if not for years of counseling and therapy.

I don't go to counseling now...but I did for many years, and I really learned a lot about how to properly channel the anger and hatred that I felt toward my childhood.

For some people, counseling just doesn't work. For some, it is literally a life saver.

I do agree with you though, that nowadays, I get all of my "counseling" right here on DS.

The stbx and i went to counseling, and all it did for us was make us realize just how incompatible we really were, which may have been a good thing in hindsight.

I also used to see a counselor for my PTSD, but the damn veterans hospital is too far. So now i just go to my gf :) who's very understanding and supportive.

different horeses for different courses
if daily strength has helped you whit any issues you may have thats wonderfull,i had counseling for years and it help me ten fold,dont know what id have done whit out it,once you talk about and deal whit the shit in your life it dont matter how you do it,,its once you do it

I have had a lot of Counseling. I know I still need somemore. But I strongly believe I wouldn't be here writing this if I hadn't had it. Having had a Mom that didn't love me, an Alcoholic Father that died two months before I graduated from highschool from Alcohoism, my Husband dying, 3 back surgeries, my sister is in recovery for Alcoholism, plus so much more. I think Counseling really gives you the tools to deal with what has happened in your life. It is healing to get it out and have your feelings validated.
The important thing is to get a Counselor that you really connect with.

I've been to both good and bad counsellors in my time.

In my experience the best have been the 'amateur' volunteers who spare just an evening a week to help others - at least with them you know they're not in it for the money! (I just pay a small donation to the charity to help with their running costs.)
They'e still trained, they're just not doing it as a full time job.

Like most I've had good and bad. The only one that really helped was when I was in counseling ofr my infertility issue and the resulting depression. No one I knew could possibly understand, they hadn't been there. My therapist really helped me pull through that.

I'm in counseling right now for my depression and my trich. Sometimes it feels like I'm just going down a dead-end road but most of the time, I learn new things at each session. It's helpful - I'd much rather have gone to counseling that not having done anything at all.

Ive been in & out of counceling for at least 10 yrs now. Counceling from family/group counceling, individual, intensive outpatient counceling. The rest of the family also & to answer ur question...

NOPE, didnt help. I agree, DS/HS is my therapy.

Love ya all
Cat

I have been in therapy for the last four years with one of the best therapist I could ever imagine having. I have so many issues from rapes and molestation as a child to being emotionally abused by my mother. I have gone through severe depressions and attempted suicide twice and I truly believe if I did not have my therapist to talk to I would be dead or in a mental hospital. I also see a pyschiatrist who specializes in medication and she monitors my meds for my BP, BPD and PTSD. If I had to see her for counseling I would never go though she is not a warm empathic person and I really don't like her but only need to see her to get my meds so its okay. I know alot of people think therapy is a waste of time but I believe for me it is a life saver. I have been able to tell him things I never let anyone else know about me and my past and have kept bottled up for years.

I am not going to say counseling or therapy is a bad thing. And I went for several months to see one before i sobered up and maybe she coulda helped me if i had been anywhere near honest with her. Then I went to treatment for my drinking problem and did some serious therapy there but have not found the need to see one since. I get what i need today from being around other folks like me. Does me more good like Gzuz said so i'm with you bro. I think they can be good but they can also keep you "sick".