Psychological Therapy is More Important Than You Think

The harsh reality of the current society in India is that marriage is still considered to be the ‘be all and end all’ goal of anyone’s life. Everything we do as teens, and adults is to one day be an eligible bachelor or spinster. Because of the pedestal that we have placed the institution of marriage on, it is hard for us to accept that any relationship, legally binding or not, can be flawed. Marriage counseling as a concept is still frowned upon in most of the today’s Indian society. So much so that people continue to be in toxic marriages because even thinking about separation is blasphemous. However, sooner rather than later, people will have to understand that whenever two individuals are involved, conflicts are bound to happen. Those conflicts go up a few notches when one of the people, or both, have deep underlying issues of their own. And they never really worked on them because the society made them believe that marriage fixes everything, including them. No matter how g...

Relationships are tricky at the best of times. Every couple faces ups and downs throughout their life, and this is perfectly normal. If both people are invested in keeping the relationship alive, there is always hope for solutions. However, ever so often things reach a point when reconciliation seems an impossibility. It’s in such a scenario that marriage counseling and couple therapy can truly come in handy. Couple therapy as a concept is simple. It involves therapy sessions with both the partners with the therapist acting as a mediator and guide. The problem is that when cracks develop in a relationship, the first thing that gets disrupted is communication between the two people. Every discussion or conversation turns into an argument and there is no coming back from this. On the other hand, many other couples, in fact, end up not talking to each other at all. The most important job of a good marriage counseling expert is to create a safe space for both. They need to make bo...

Mental health counseling is probably one of the most misunderstood concepts in the country. We as a people even tend to look down up the idea of going to a therapist in the first place and in general, there is fairly low awareness when it comes to the actual topic of mental health counseling. While most people believe that it is a practice that only benefits people who are undergoing a serious mental health condition, the reality is that counseling can work in a variety of ways for a range of different people. It means different things to different people and hence the scope is vast. Let's discuss some of the aspects of therapy and understand how it can improve a person's day to day life. People undergoing depression rarely seek depression help in this country. This fact should immediately raise a ton of red flags since therapy has been proven to be one of the best ways to combat depression. Therapy and counseling help the depressed individual truly understand their ...

Depression is a word that gets used a lot these days but there is very little attempt to understand what it means. Thanks to several celebrities who have started speaking up about the issue, there is now a media dialogue happening around the subject, but things are still in very early stages. On the face of it, depression can look like just another mental illness. However, it is one that has major social and personal ramifications as well. Its impact is felt well beyond the individual and can be felt on his surroundings, his relationships and his work as well. In such a scenario, it almost becomes the responsibility of the depressed individual’s ecosystem to step up and ensure they work hard towards recovery and management. Therefore, depression therapy is so essential. Let’s explore the tenuous connection between depression and marriages and relationships in further detail. For starters, depression arrives within a relationship like an unwelcome relative. Any relationship is...

A family therapist is someone who helps a family deal with the problems they might be facing. These problems could be due to various reasons. There could be some financial crisis, issues between the couple, illness, death, extra marital affair of one of the parents or anything else. A therapist helps the family by making them sit and speak out about their points of view and the concerns they have. Then, they help the family members of the family understand each other’s stand to the certain issue and might then provide with some trust exercises that can help ease out the tension between them.  When a problem comes up in a marriage, the couple may at first try to solve it within themselves, and if that does not help too, they may turn to their close ones or family members who they trust and can confide into. But ultimately, if nothing works out, they will have to seek help of a professional therapist who practices marriage counselling as well.  Some of the reasons...