Reasons to make your health a priority

Strengthen relationships with
the ones you love

Family, friends and loved ones can be critical to your recovery. People in your life who support you can make a tremendous difference. Outpatient therapy can help you learn ways to strengthen your relationships and communicate more effectively with the ones you love. Learn strategies to manage your emotions and connect with others.

Improve your mood and
increase your energy

When you feel healthy emotionally, you are much more likely to experience happiness and have more energy. Working with a therapist can help you identify barriers to feeling good and implement strategies to help you feel better.

Signs that indicate you need support:

• you stop/decrease the time you spend with friends and family
  
• crying more than usual
• lack of ambition
  
• no longer setting goals or looking forward to things
• increased drinking, gambling, using illegal substances, binging, purging or restricting food
• poor work or school performance
• strained relationships
  

BENEFITS OF TREATMENT


Ideally mental health therapy is part of a holistic approach. When combined with regular exercise, proper nutrition, adequate sleep, and medication (for some), and a strong support system, therapy can effectively address many struggles people experience. Patients report such benefits as:

• improved mood
  
• decrease in symptoms related to anxiety and depression
• increased energy
• strengthened relationships
• renewed sense of pleasure
  
• increased activity
  
• reduced social isolation
• less physical symptoms
  
• increased quality of life