Hey guys, my name is John Kim. I'm a licensed therapist and life coach putting

self betterment into a shot class because let's face it who's got that much time

these days. I come unpolished, unrehearsed, on purpose.

If you're looking for more of a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place.

Therapy isn't just to talk about your feelings.

That's the greatest misconception and especially men don't go to therapy because they feel like they don't need to express themselves

and that's what they're paying for that is not true.

So in the next 10 minutes I want to talk about what therapy is, and this is only one therapist

and one point of view.

I could go on and on about what therapy is, and also every therapist can add to that or expand or have their definition.

So this is just one.

So I want you to know that therapy can be, it's endless what therapy is, right?

It depends on the individual and what they get out of it but

I want to give you the kind of the broad strokes the 101 of what therapy exactly is.

Okay first of all, just to process something with a neutral party, right, a safe party,

is extremely valuable in that that person has been

trained to be neutral, meaning whenever you process with the friend or parents or your partner,

I mean there's value in that too of course, but you already have a certain relationship dynamic with your friend or your partner or your parents.

So they come in loaded. I don't mean drunk, but they come in with their angles and they might not even be aware of it right

so they're coming in with their opinions especially with parents you know what they

believe is best for you right with friends maybe some friends are competitive. Maybe some friends don't agree with

how you're living and a lot of that shit's going to leak when you're processing.

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