What Is Therapy Worth?

Forgetting whatever the financial cost might be for a moment, let's just take a look at what Therapy is worth... because for most of us, the answer to that question will look completely different!

Is it worth coming to Therapy? My short answer would be "yes"... haha, but I'm a Counsellor right? So I'll also offer with the caveat that you really only get out of it what you put in to it. So successful outcomes in Therapy largely depend on whether you feel that you are getting what you need out of it... and therefore whether you feel you are able to put enough into it...

And that's a discussion to have with your Therapist! In my opinion, if they're worth their salt, they will ask you these kinds of questions along the way and you'll see that kind of understanding developing between you both. A part of Therapy is to establish what is important to you and to determine how much value you place on those important things.

So the true value of any Therapy is simply the meaning that you choose to apply to it.

Is it worth it then? I can't give you the answer. But I can ask, do you believe that it might be? And if your answer is "yes" then the next question becomes "and what could Therapy help you achieve, and what is the value of that outcome for you"...

I feel that's how we come to acknowledge the true value of Therapy above and beyond simply assessing it in terms of investments in either time or money.