Heal From Home

It can sometimes feel like the tools for healing our pain are beyond our reach. Whether you’re a therapy novice or you’ve been embarking on the healing process for years, it can be difficult to determine what we need guidance with versus what we can handle ourselves. Self-healing is not a wild fantasy. It’s totally within your power to heal from home, if you learn how.

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” 

Anne Lamott

What Are The Most Effective DIY Therapy Techniques? 

If we’re looking to work on ourselves, the options are so numerous that it’s far too easy to get paralyzed with choices. When we meet with a counselor, we get to learn which tools are most effective for our particular problems, but even if we’re working with an experienced guide (like a therapist, social worker, or psychiatrist), we are the only ones who can put those tools to good use. What are the most effective ways to do the work of therapy on your own terms?

• Art Therapy Right Here In St. Petersburg. The most effective form of therapy is often whatever you can find close at hand. Because art therapy is so personal, doing it yourself can be a very effective way of working through whatever challenges come your way. If you live in or around St. Petersburg, artistic opportunities are as abundant as the sand, sunshine, and rising rate of inflation, so take a look around you and get out there!
• Take Care Of Yourself When Things Get Rough. Recognizing when you’re having a bad mental health day can make all the difference in the world. If we acknowledge that we’re struggling, we can work to get the self-soothing, comfort, and accommodations we really need. 
• Calming Yourself When You’re Anxious. Healing an anxious pattern might start with a therapy appointment, but the true work lies in applying the tools we learn in therapy to our daily lives. Putting together and using a toolkit of coping skills can completely change your relationship with your anxiety. 

What Issues Can I Heal From Home?

Inevitably we find ourselves in need of help throughout our lives, but judging when exactly that is can be tricky. Only you can be the final judge of what you are and aren’t capable of, but there are certain issues that are easier to work on yourself than others. Here are just a few: 

• Get Back In Touch With Your Artistic Side. Creativity is your birthright. Forgetting that causes creative blocks that are challenging to breakthrough. When you remember that you are an artist simply because you exist, you will free yourself from limitation. 
• Start Believing In A Better Future. When we lack hope for our future, even things we care about can feel like pointless wastes of effort. By setting the right intentions for the right moment in your journey, you can actually learn how to grow your sense of hope. 
• Speak Kindly To Yourself. We cannot avoid our own company. And yet the way that we talk to ourselves is often uncharitable and uncompassionate. Speaking kindly to yourself will rewrite the outdated beliefs that make you think that you are not worthy of good things.

What’s The Best Way To Do Therapy At Home?

The best way to do therapy from the comfort of your own home is by booking a telehealth session with the right counselor. This gives all the benefits of DIY therapeutic work (self-directed growth, access to your most comfortable space, no commute to and from your appointment) alongside the benefits of working with an experienced guide. But why is working with an expert the most effective way to heal from home? 

• Avoid The Common Pitfalls. One of the downsides of DIY-ing your healing journey is that oftentimes we (separately, but in a spectacular exercise of parallel thought) fall into all the same traps as everyone else. By working with an expert who’s helped other people going through similar circumstances, we can dodge the experience of making similar mistakes. 
• Getting A Neutral Perspective. The view from the inside can be quite different from the reality. The right counselor can give you an outside look at everything that’s going on in your life without the bias you might find by seeking counsel in someone close to you. 
• Break Free Of Old Patterns. Human beings are creatures of habit. We do the things we’ve done before and try to avoid doing anything else. A good mentor can challenge you to try new things and stop engaging in old, unhelpful patterns of behavior. 

Where Can I Find The Right Therapist To Help Me Heal From Home?

Integrative Counsel offers creative, out-of-the-box solutions to your mental health concerns. Our Art Therapist, Quinn, meets virtually and can help you with OCD, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. If you live in the state of Florida, Quinn can meet with you.  Click here to schedule your free 15-minute consultation.

Sunny Ebsary is an educator, multi-modal artist, and writer specializing in the intersection of myth and mental health. Sunny’s writing walks the line between poetic and logical, giving readers a chance to interface with the mind and imagination. Sunny’s been putting pen to paper since he was a child, writing everything from albums, novels, and plays, to essays, interactive games, and of course, many articles! While studying both psychology and writing, he realized his real passion in life was helping others unlock their creative spark. Whether he’s leading a D&D game, directing a production, or diving deep into the brain, you can be sure Sunny will be ushering you toward finding meaning in your life.