Hello and welcome to Let's Talk About It. I am your host Taylor Nolan and today I'm

super excited to finally, finally answer some of your questions about counseling.

Now if you've been listening since the very beginning of this podcast I might have answered

some of these questions along the way but a few weeks ago I did a Q&A on Instagram and

literally typed up every single one of your questions. It's about 60 different questions

and consolidated it all into basically four different topics. So first is seeking a therapist,

second is working with a therapist, third is becoming a therapist, and fourth is being a therapist.

So a lot of questions around these four areas surrounding counseling and I want to share with

you guys a little bit of kind of my opinions and my path and some helpful tips around all of these.

So yeah so we can get right on started. This is also my first solo episode ever so it feels a

little bit different and you guys should definitely let me know how you like a solo episode.

Usually I enjoy talking with other people but today I'm just going to be talking to myself and

I guess all of you so wherever you are wherever you're listening I hope that this information is

helpful. So first let's get into seeking a therapist. One of the questions I got over and over and

over again is how do you know when is the right time in your life to start counseling? How to

know when counseling is the right path for you or to know if it even is the right path for you?

So first I just want to start off with saying that counseling can really be for anyone at any

point in their life. One of the most important things to remember when it comes to seeking counseling

is that you don't have to go when something goes wrong. There can be everything going perfectly

fine in your life. You know you can feel like your life is very balanced and you're very happy

and going into counseling can still be a beneficial thing for you. I think it's important to note that

all counseling is not crisis centered and that when you think about it like it's your car.

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