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[quote=Anonymous]I have always been pretty skeptical/reluctant about therapy, but my husband wanted to do couples therapy and I feel like that some thing you should never say no to. I feel like one person in the relationship think you need therapy, then you absolutely need to be working on your relationship.  I kind of got talked into going to individual therapy. The relationship and couples therapy have fallen apart, but I actually have come to love my individual therapist and sessions.

I feel like it’s helpful to get an objective third-party perspective on nonconstructive aspects of your personality or upbringing. Like for example, my mother has certain personality quirks that affect my reactions in emotional situations, and also caused me to react in disproportionate ways in certain triggering situations. I can’t change my mother, but I can work on my reaction to the triggers or trying to understand what is causing the problem. I feel like it’s reduced conflict in my life and improve my ability to communicate before I get really frustrated and say unconstructive things?  I guess that’s a long way of saying I fight with my mother less now. Mostly by having learned to voice my issues or concerns before I am irate.  And I can be better about making sure I don’t repeat those patterns with my own kids because they’ve been more clearly identified to me. 
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