Do You Need Therapy? (Dealing With Your Anxiety & Depression)

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Inspiration, Parenthood By Proxy, Divorce, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Stay-at-home Moms, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Grandparents, Confrontation, Courage, Dating, Marriage, Love, Strength, Goals, Workplace, God, Fitness, Dr Laura, Health, Friendship, Exercise, Healing, In-laws, Do The Right Thing, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Power, Responsibility, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Grief, Social Media, Parenting, Stop Whining Start Living, Couples, Society & Culture, Ethics, Health & Well-being, Marriage 101, Single Parenting, Love & Life, Shacking Up, Snowflakes, Family, Workout, Lesbian, Podcast, Feuds, Quote, Messing Up, Life, Childhood, Triumph, Emotions, Procrastination, Siriusxm, Sex, Gay, Kids, Mental Health, Wisdom, Well-being, Co-parenting, Stay-at-home Dads, Coping, Woman Power, Conscience, Counseling, The Ten Commandments, Sexuality, Stress, Kids & Family, Feelings, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Many of you call me, wondering if you need professional help for your stress and anxiety, and my answer is frequently, “no.” Why would I say that it's usually not necessary to talk to a therapist? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr Laura's deep dive in your favorite podcast out.
0:07.0	Search for Dr Laura's deep dive podcast and follow my deep dive today.
0:16.0	Dr Laura's deep dive.
0:18.0	Deep dive.
0:20.0	Dr Laura's Deep Dive.
0:21.0	Dr Laura's Deep Dive Podcast.
0:24.0	Many of you call me wondering if you need professional help for your stress or anxiety and my answer is frequently...
0:32.0	No. What? and my answer is frequently no what I'm a psychotherapist why would I say that
0:38.4	because it's often not necessary to talk to a therapist because it's simply not true to believe that all stress is
0:46.4	harmful and that all pain has to be avoided. Some things need to be
0:51.8	endured.
0:54.0	When you're upset or going through a rough patch,
0:57.5	reflexively thinking you need to see a therapist
0:59.9	sort of suggests that you're too fragile to handle life.
1:04.0	It's actually perfectly normal
1:06.3	to go through rough patches, and you can't cure normal.
1:10.0	Sadness is normal.
1:11.8	Worry, normal, discomfort, normal, anxiety, all part of life,
1:16.9	and not necessarily any sign of grand dysfunction.
1:22.0	That's what I explained to Christine
1:24.2	when we spoke about how she was coping
1:26.8	with the death of her husband.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.