Therapy Does Work

I've been listening to Howard Stern do the rounds for his latest book. What I hear is not the Howard from his days that he wanted every single thing to be about him. I hear someone who's brain has calmed down a bit so he can talk about his life.

He thanks psychotherapy for this. In his book, he details the dark times of his life after his divorce, how his Id took over, and how true therapy really helped him realize so many things. Some of you may call this B.S. However, to me it rings true.

I've been in and out of therapy for about 15 years. In the past, I had times where it worked and times where I thought what they said was crap. And. like Howard, that's because I let my Id/Ego take over.

I'd complain about my family, my kids, my job ... basically everything around me. I asked for help to deal with others, not with myself. Granted, there were moments where I let my vulnerability come out -- when I discovered I had depression. Yet, for the most part, it was surface material.

Not this time. After tearing down and building up again, my return to therapy has been about my inner voices and personalities. How the Safety Patrol and the Fearmonger had control most of my life. How I crashed and burned because I let selfishness drag me from the people I loved. Today, therapy is about transformation instead of complaints.

In the end, therapy works. However, you have to go into it open. This is probably why it has helped Howard this time around. And, why it's helping me. I thank those mental health care providers who want to work with people so they can become whole once again ... or for the first time in their lives.

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