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Sadaf Akhtar.,PhD

Mental wellbeing specialist at WellQo

Signs You’re Ready for Therapy

Struggling with chronic emotional distress that affects your daily activities is one sign you may be ready for wellbeing therapy.  However, people get therapeutic support for numerous reasons, and disabling distress is just one of these.

Wellbeing therapy or psychological coaching can be for anyone experiencing mental, emotional, physical or social wellbeing challenges that they don’t yet have the tools or strategies to manage effectively.  

For example, you may seek support because you want to: 

  • Feel more confident and good about yourself.
  • Experience greater happiness, peace, contentment or optimism about the future.
  • Improve your attention and focus so you can successfully accomplish projects.
  • Enhance motivation and develop strategies to set and achieve meaningful goals.
  • Let go of past hurts or emotional pain so you can feel more peaceful and move forward.  
  • Identify and transform maladaptive beliefs that get in the way of your health, happiness and wellbeing.
  • To feel heard and emotionally supported in a safe, non-judgemental space where you can openly share your concerns, experiences, and emotions, regardless of how significant or minor they may seem.

Tools And Strategies For Prevention 

Therapy or psychological coaching can also be about discovering tools to manage stressful experiences and preventing the onset of overwhelm and associated illness.  

Many chronic mental and physical health conditions rooted in trauma and persistent stress are preventable – if only we have the tools for dealing with the underlying emotional distress.  And this is another reason people seek therapeutic coaching – to discover practical ways to: 

  • Process future unexpected distress.  
  • Manage emotional reactions to stressful situations.  
  • Identify solution focused strategies to address environmental stressors.
  • Learn about ways to continually invest in wellbeing and maintain good health 
Learning and applying tools for processing and prevention can make you feel more confident in coping with stressful situations, and may significantly reduce the risk of ongoing mental or physical health problems. 

Are you  Ready for Therapy or Psychological Coaching?  

This depends on your individual circumstances. However, you might benefit from support if you recognise that something is affecting your wellbeing and you are not sure how to change it on your own. 

For instance, you might ask yourself:  “Am I struggling with a psychological or emotional challenge that I don’t know how to resolve?” Or “Would I like to develop better ways of coping with stress and difficult experiences before they become overwhelming?” 

Remember, you need not experience severe emotional distress before seeking support.  Therapeutic coaching is an opportunity to enhance your wellbeing, understand yourself better, and develop tools to prevent illness and maintain your overall wellbeing.  

At WellQo, my approach focuses on holistic support to help people process, transform and understand chronic negative thoughts and emotions and how these may affect their overall wellbeing.  I also teach and guide on developing healthier ways to respond to specific and general stress, and how to stay happy and healthy.  

If you’re wondering whether therapy or psychological coaching could be right for you, you’re welcome to book a consultation today to discuss treatment and support options.  

Wishing you happiness and success.

Sadaf

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