“What is Therapy?” Part 1

What is therapy? The answers to this question can be quite polarizing. There are a number of factors that will inform one’s definition of therapy, such as whether they are a provider or recipient. The dynamics of culture, race, ethnicity, age, sex, socioeconomic status, and religious or spiritual beliefs all have profound influence over one’s perception of therapy. And, of course, one’s lived or vicarious experience with therapy, be it positive or negative, will significantly inform their response. No matter who you are, or what factors contribute to your present upstanding of therapy, you will leave here today with a more enlightened view of what therapy is, at least, the STS brand of therapy, starting with our “5 Rs”.