Quotes About Counseling

You shouldn't vent and open up to your husband, your boyfriend, your friend, because they're not professionals; they don't know the right thing to say to you, and putting them in that position is tricky. You have to look at it from their standpoint. It's so much pressure.

A lot of times, people need to vent to people and know that what they're telling you is not going to be shared with anyone else. Or they know you're going to give them 'the real.' Just being truthful to them when they're right, they're right, and when they're wrong, they're wrong.

Talking to a shrink was out of the question, of course; I would frighten the poor thing to death, and he might feel honor bound to have me locked away somewhere. Certainly I could not argue with the wisdom of that idea.

In the spirit of disclosure, I am a professional counselor, but I have often spent considerable time on the couch myself. Because counseling helped me, I now help others. Helped people help people.

To normalize help-seeking, it is essential for us to speak out about counseling. Sharing the effect that counseling has had on our lives with others serves to normalize the practice.

We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.

Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.

I counseled many returning missionaries. I interviewed 1,700 missionaries all over the world. My advice to them is that you should study and prepare for your life's work in a field that you enjoy.

If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.

And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you're going to repeat it; and if you're burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don't get it, you're missing the whole point.

He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it

It is easier to tell our therapist about our sex life than it is to tell our accountant about our finances.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

Why did you want to see me?" Dr. Lauterbach asked. "I'm unhappy," she had blurted out. "Everybody is unhappy," Dr. Lauterbach said

And if you ever get the feeling you want to run away again, talk to someone about it. Because running away without a word is never going to be the answer to your problems; it will only cause more problems.

I don't know about anyone else, but if I had problems or issues, maybe I wouldn't feel as comfortable talking about them in a group.

There are so many ways to talk with the people who appreciate my help.

I give the worst possible relationship advice to people. I am not ashamed.

De psychiaters en, op hun manier, ook de biechtvaders hebben gelijk. Zorgen of angsten, die men uitpraat, relativeren zich tot wat binnen de grenzen valt van wat ons weerstandsvermogen zonder evenwichtsverstoring verdragen kan.

he could be anyone, anything, nuh? You want us all to get Social Counseling, eh? Everyone up in West One?

I found the prospect daunting, but somehow comforting, too, because the counselors insisted it could be done, and, after all, many of them were recovering alcoholics themselves.

But ignoring the tough stuff doesn't make it go away. It just allows it to fester. Maybe you need to start dealing with the scary stuff, and maybe you need the help of a professional counselor to do that. Maybe you have pain from your childhood that you've buried or locked away, something you need to deal with. Please do. Don't let that stuff control you any longer.

Cuando no se tiene un buen amante, es necesario tener un buen psicoanalista: igual que un buen abogado, o un buen dentista.

In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.