I have always enjoyed being a therapist because I have the wonderful opportunity of listening and helping individuals with issues that are\u00a0disrupting to their everyday life. I believe we all need an\u00a0outlet for expression which leads me to think about the differences between talking in therapy and venting to friends\/family.<\/p>\n
I recently counseled a couple and when you have 2 people especially 2 angry people you have 2 sides to your story.\u00a0 In the therapy room, I can be a reasonable voice in what seems to be endless he said\/she said issues.\u00a0 Therapy is all about using “I” statements, and listening to yourself, your partner and your therapist.<\/p>\n
So I want to share my professional opinion about the difference between venting and therapy.<\/p>\n
VENTING <\/strong>is usually a one way street of releasing your inner emotions to normally a friend or family member. Naturally you would assume that venting to family and friends is perfect because they care. Actually that could be the problem. People who care for you will either be happy or concerned about you. So their advice would be bias along those lines.<\/p>\n THERAPY: <\/strong>is with a professional who have put in years of schooling and has added degrees to the understanding human behaviors and effective interventions. The only bias therapists have is to see you at your best with problem solving advice and long term solutions.<\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n VENTING: <\/strong>Even though you love your friends and family, you know there are just somethings you don’t even want them to know. Plus friends usually involve other to help come up with a solution.<\/p>\n