Anna never felt good about herself. She thought that when she became thirty she would have the good life, and have a high self-esteem. She says, “I thought I would feel better about myself at this time in my life. But I feel worse.”<\/p>\n
Ann feels it began in her childhood.\u00a0 She felt her mother was not there when she needed emotional support.\u00a0 This did not make her react and become rebellious.\u00a0 Instead it made her more dependent, as\u00a0she unconsciously\u00a0yearned for her parents’ approval.<\/p>\n
During\u00a0her teenage years she needed her mother even more.\u00a0 She would try to talk to\u00a0 her, but she would never have the opportunity to disclose her feelings.\u00a0 She felt rejected.<\/p>\n
Anna never recovered from this rejection.\u00a0 She craved support and love from her husband.\u00a0 She felt inadequate in her job as a sales person.\u00a0 Although she was only thirty, she felt older than her years.<\/p>\n
Fortunately Anna was interested in coming in for counseling.\u00a0 She worked on her problems through cognitive therapy, where she expressed her thoughts and feelings about herself, and learned how to work on changing them to more positive and rational ones.\u00a0 This\u00a0required high motivation and effort.\u00a0\u00a0And she felt better about herself after four months of counseling.<\/p>\n
Essentially, counseling can help you to understand and change the thoughts that could be destructive to your health and well-being. Complementing therapy with meditation and mindfulness can prevent you from going back to those unhealthy thoughts. You will feel happy about yourself, and more confident at home and at work.\u00a0 Life will be worth living!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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