Although there are some people that do come to therapy on Long Island for growth and life enhancement, most people usually come to therapy when they are in some type of emotional pain and seeking out help. Indeed, the primary motivator for seeking out therapy is some form of emotional suffering.
No one wants to suffer, and no one should have to. But if used correctly, emotional pain represents an opportunity and motivation to change things in one’s life. Within the context of therapy, it may be worth looking at how your pain can shape your future, and not just how to alleviate the symptoms.
What We Learn From Emotional Pain
Emotional pain may be a struggle. But it doesn’t always come from nothing. The symptoms of this type of pain are often telling you that there is a problem in your life in some way, whether it’s how you are approaching what you encounter in your life, or the decisions that you may have been making either now or in the past.
Emotional pain is an opportunity to start making positive changes. You can start to learn from the pain and grow, instead of focusing solely on the negative experience. You can take the time to understand the significance of the pain and the meaning behind it:
- Why are you experiencing this type of pain?
- What precipitated it?
- What can we learn from it?
- What would stop this type of pain from happening in the future?
There are all of these unique and interesting things to explore, because emotional pain rarely manifests out of thin air.
Exploring and Benefiting From Emotional Pain in Therapy
Emotional pain is certainly challenging, and that is why in therapy, we do try to alleviate emotional pain and provide tools to help control that pain in the future. For those that care only about the pain, that may be the extent of the therapy. But there are many people that have also been seeking out ways to grow in their life. With those individuals, therapy may also focus on what we can learn from the pain, as together we discover ways to turn that emotional pain into a brighter, happier future.
For more information about emotional pain, or how we can work together to try to bring a more fulfilling life in the future, please call me today.
