Agree of disagree with this statement?
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Anonymous
| Teen years are hard, all teenagers could benefit from seeing a therapist (counsellor, psychologist ) to talk about things. |
Anonymous
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I disagree. I don't think all teens need a counselor.
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Anonymous
I didn't say NEED. I said could benefit from. |
Anonymous
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My motto has always been...it's not a question of if my kids are going to see a therapist, it's just a question of when.
Everyone can use someone to talk to. |
Anonymous
| Agree. Every person on this planet could benefit from seeing a therapist. |
Anonymous
PP here. I still disagree. |
Anonymous
I agree with you. Is there a reason you always knew your kids would need to go? |
Anonymous
| Agree but it doesn't have to be a councillor. I think teens need a safe space and an adult they trust to talk to. Councillors are trained for this where as an aunt/uncle or grandparent may be too close to the issues to be able to talk to freely and not have the tools to communicate with the teen (some do though) . I would have loved someone to talk to as a teen and I had it easy and wasn't rebellious or anything. In subsequent adult therapy it was clear my life would have been better had I had the tools to communicate better back then- whether I was ready for them or could have changed anything about myself then is another matter). |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
+1 People on this thread that are so insistent that this is the case are part of the problem. They firmly believe that seeing a therapist/counselor/attending a group or anything else related to mental health = bad. Why is it "bad" to proactively take care of your mental well-being? Everyone agrees that regular exercise is healthy. It's so frustrating to me that people are so resistant to the idea of taking care of mental health as well. |
Anonymous
| Most of the time, yes. I'm making as assumption that the therapist is good. |
Anonymous
| If they want to go and it's as a neutral third party sounding board, sure they could benefit. |
Anonymous
| OP, why do you need affirmation about this? "Could benefit" is pretty loose. We can also debate whether water is wet. |
Anonymous
| Disagree. I would have been really angry had my parents insist that I see a counselor for no reason. It would have been counterproductive to whatever they were trying to do. |
Anonymous
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I agree. For example, do kids really need to see a doctor every single year for a check up. No. Not really. But is there a benefit to at least make sure all is good, yes.
I think all teenagers should get a "checkup" for mental health at the very least once from 7the -12th, probably twice. |