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📣 cryptozeus

Has therapy helped you figure out major life conflicts?


Hi

Going through career midlife crisis. Not sure where to turn for help. Thinking of going for therapy or psychologist.

Wondering if anyone would recommend this ?

  👤 taxicabjesus Accepted Answer ✓
Having someone to talk to can make a big difference.

People here tend to not take me seriously, but I could do a lot for a person over the course of their taxi ride... Never heard from most of them again, but every once-in-a-while I’d see someone again or get a txt or a call back.

Sometimes all a person really needs is another perspective on their predicament, to help them realize there are other ways of looking at the problem.

Many of the more-effective types of counseling incorporate Milton Erickson’s insights. I’ve mentioned Erickson before, currently having trouble drafting this comment on my phone, so I refer to my previous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18504538

👤 brudgers
If nothing else, seeing a therapist is a change from the way things have been. Making change seems motivate some of the question. Good luck.
👤 recrudesce
No. I've been talking to a therapist for maybe 9 months now, and I don't think I'm getting anywhere AT ALL.