{"id":12158,"date":"2019-10-16T21:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2019-10-16T21:21:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:21:25","slug":"therapy-demystified-and-stigma-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/16\/therapy-demystified-and-stigma-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapy Demystified And Stigma Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em>By St. Luke\u2019s Wood River<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many of us experience situations that cause emotional distress or challenging hardships. In a society that often expects us to \u201cpick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back to it,\u201d it can be frightening, disheartening and\/or embarrassing to ask for help. Sharing your thoughts and feelings with friends and family can be helpful. Sometimes we may need extra support from someone with an outside perspective and with professional training. However, if we give in to the negative portrayal or stigma of mental health services, we deprive ourselves of this great opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Whether it is a life event or a general feeling of sadness, therapists are professionally-trained listeners who can assist in getting to the root cause of issues, helping to cope with emotions and making changes to work toward overcoming challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once the decision is made to seek professional help, it\u2019s okay to shop around for the right fit. Ask questions about specialties, licensing and treatment protocols. Look for a therapist who is experienced in treating the areas you want to address. Ask about their techniques and suggested length of treatment. There are numerous types of therapy to consider\u2014individual, family, group or couple therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If the connection doesn\u2019t feel right\u2014if you don\u2019t trust the person or feel like they truly care\u2014go with another choice. A good therapist will respect this choice and should never pressure you or make you feel guilty. One of the most important factors is to be honest and open with a therapist; they are not there to judge but rather to provide support and confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Multiple resources are available within our community to help us address mental health conditions.\u00a0St. Luke\u2019s Center for Community Health, with support from the St. Luke\u2019s Wood River Foundation, has recently published \u201cGet Help! A mental health resource guide for the Wood River Valley,\u201d which is available in English and Spanish.\u00a0The booklet is in magazine racks at the hospital, the Hailey clinic, at local post offices and in grocery stores.\u00a0A downloadable PDF is also available by visiting www.stlukesonline.org\/gethelp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more information and to access resources, call (208) 727-8733.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By St. Luke\u2019s Wood River Many of us experience situations that cause emotional distress or challenging hardships. In a society that often expects us to \u201cpick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back to it,\u201d it can be frightening, disheartening and\/or embarrassing to ask for help. Sharing your thoughts and feelings with friends and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-news","7":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}