Therapy can mean something different to every person you try to ask. To some, therapy might be an emotional escape. To others, they may see it as a form of meditation. One thing most people recognize is that therapy involves talk. Many even refer to therapy as talk therapy. Now that we’ve clarified that therapy is some form of talking, what do you even talk about?

As wild as it sounds, you can talk about anything you want. Therapy pairs a therapist with a client to talk about what they feel may be benefit them. Of course, a therapist may have questions to ask, but therapy is generally directed by the patient. Now, you may be wondering why someone may want to talk to a therapist where someone else may do.

A therapist’s relationship to a client is unique in that the therapist will hold the client in unconditional positive regard. That means that no matter what a client tells their therapist, their words will never be held against them. A therapist will always view their client in a positive light.