WHAT IS THE THERAPY AND WELLNESS CONNECTION?

All therapists in this world, whatever the instrument or modality of their work, aim at improving the wellness of their clients. Whether we do so by allowing the unspeakable to be spoken and verbalized, or the untouchable to be touched and sensed in the body, or the unfeelable to be felt and cried out, we all work to improve the wellbeing of our clients. The goal of wellness is intrinsic to the work of therapy, traditional or modern, male or female, religious or secular therapist we may be.

However, while all therapy is oriented towards wellness, not all therapy translates into wellness. In fact, for every person that finds a therapeutic process to be beneficial to their wellbeing, another person finds that beneficial aspect to be only partially true, or even not beneficial at all. 

Scientists still find it hard to explain why, on average, all therapeutic modalities fair no better than healing 1/3 of their clientele, but improving your chances of finding a therapeutic process that translates into wellness is often a matter of trial and error, luck, what your peers have tried, and whether you are clear about wanting to improve your wellbeing, with this last one being one of the best predictors of positive therapeutic outcomes.

Look after your Heart,

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