There are many reasons why people come to therapy and the range of challenges we can all face is wide-ranging. In some cases, clients will attend and suggest they need support for a specific mental health condition. Other times, clients will report some symptoms, but they might have a tricky time making sense of them. Both of these experiences are completely normal.
We have listed some mental health conditions and symptoms below, take a look to see if any of these fit with your experience. If you are experiencing something that you don’t see listed below, please don’t worry, these are only some of the tricky challenges that we commonly see in therapy.
Some people have an idea of why you are having a tricky time. However, many people come to therapy and are not quite sure why they are feeling the way they do. They can notice the uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and sensations in their body but find it challenging to make sense of it.