When Talk Therapy Inevitably Plateaus

It's Time To Take The Next Step.

While there are benefits to talk therapy, it can only go so deep. There’s a reason why talk therapy inevitable plateaus or stops working. It explores and recycles the known. Most of us try to address our issues in the comfort of what we are willing to face and talk within the realm we are willing to explore. At some point, however, this exploration into the known stops working. The question we need to consider in these cases is, “What Next?”

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I don’t want to disparage talk therapy. Talk therapy helps make necessary connections between thoughts and emotions and connects feelings to self expression. Talk therapy helps us become comfortable with our own story. When the need arises, talk therapy invites us to question our story. We can become more comfortable with ourself and others from talk therapy. Talk therapy helps us uncover aspects of the self that we normally ignore. This is all super helpful and supportive…up to a point. When we find ourself telling th…