One of the many areas of our lives that requires perseverance is that which deals with counseling and psychotherapy. Much as we would like it to be a "quick and clean" process of modification and change, the truth is that it goes painfully slow.
It goes much quicker today than when I first went through it in the 70's. My anxiety and panic took 4+ years of 3 times a week psychoanalysis to yield. Today we can typically name that tune in once weekly therapy over a 6-9 month course. That math I call progress.
Yet, in today's "fast paced" world that math can still seem painfully slow. I recently commented about how slow an extra couple of seconds on our computers can feel. Can you imagine 6+ months of talk, talk, talk and not much action? No wonder so many people drop out in utter frustration. Yet, when they do,they do themselves an injustice. Time doesn't heal all wounds. Effort usually does! That requires perseverance.
There is no magic in my office, nor in my colleague's. Those that promise that are typically more self-serving than not.If it worked "magically" we would all be practicing that special technique.
Truth be known, like life, therapy is a process. Each meeting silently builds on the previous until it pushes a person away from the edge and into healthier space where choice replaces habit and rationality replaces distortions.
I encourage you to engage and stay with it. Many of the people I have helped and I are living proof that perseverance pays dividends when it comes to resolving mental health issues......and most issues for that matter!
Bye For Now,
Bill
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I say Amen to your articles on perserverance.
ReplyDeleteif we can do the right thing long enough, strong enough over enough different situations consistently we will persevere in moving in the right direction
ReplyDeleteright action
right witnessing
right loving
right relating
right thinking
all are strengthened when we make the effort to invest in ourselves
all our willpower, all our insight, all our ability to learn and grow are called into therapy. which is then strengthened having an ally like you, DR PENZER on our side. buidling self esteem and self respect. famous athletes have coaches that work with them for years. the resistant part of ourselves wants to give up, give and and believes we can't change. But I know for sure that change and growth are the results of the hard work miracle of therapy. support, inspiration and perspiration. thank you dr Penzer for your dedication to your profession of helping and assisting us all to see the issues clarity and to offer us empowerment, discernment and choice. The truth you share helps set us free from self defeating habits, old warn out personality issues, childhood hurts, traumas and limitations to grow and be all we can be.
Randy Levine
Perseverance
ReplyDeletepersist no matter what
endure discomfort
request help from others, and from your therapeutic professional
steadfastly hold onto your beliefs and values
envision triuumph
very consistently keep at it
embrace adversity as your teacher
refuse to give up
enjoy and celebrate every tiny bit of progress.
For success is not measured in the position we have attained but in THE OBSTACLES WHICH WE HAVE OVERCOME
DR PENZER AND ASSOCIATES IS A VALUABLE ALLY TO HAVE ON YOUR SIDE TO KEEP YOU KEEPING ON IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
Randy Levine