14 Common Misconceptions About People Who Go to Therapy

For some reason when people mention that they are seeing a therapist, people tend to be critical about it. They tend to have certain judgments towards people who are attending therapy. There are many misconceptions about people who go to therapy and Sahaj Kohli, a contributor writer for the Huffington Post has listed 14 of them:

1. We're weak
2. We're crazy
3. We're wasting our money
4. We're rich
5. We don't have a healthy network of loved ones
6. We talk about you
7. There was a very clear, definitive breakdown or experience leading us to therapy
8. We're in a bad place
9. There's a set time frame for being in therapy
10. We can't let go of things
11. You should feel sad for us or scared for us
12. We're on medication
13. Our therapists tells us what to do and what to think
14. Our therapist can help you/your friend

To learn why these are misconceptions of people who attend therapy, click here.