Have you ever gone to "counseling" of any type?

A long time ago I use to have anger problems and had to see someone. I use to hate going and I always kept it a secret. Personally it did'nt help me at all it made me feel worst like I stood out.

I'm not normal. Never have been, never will be. I was in psychiatric counseling twice for long periods. Plus I lived in a closed home (that means you live there and everything is there that you need). I was there for seven months for depression counseling. I am bipolar, lots of meds, etc.

I have seen a psychologist and a psychiatrist for depression and anxiety several years ago as well as seeing a therapist. I do not feel there is anything wrong with counseling at all. Those are the only types of counseling that I have been through so far but am open to other types of counseling if needed.

yes i did, at first i believed they ciuld do nothing for m & now my life is so much more on track, i thank them so much! Life can be hard & tehre is no shame in sayin hey im not feeling my best & need some help to pick myself up!

I personally haven't been to counselor, but I've taken my daughter. She was 15 at the time and was having constant daily headaches that would not let up. We had been from doctor to doctor trying to figure out what was causing the headaches and they finally suggested that it could be stress related and that she should see a therapist. So, we made an appointment with a wonderful woman who specialized in teens. After several appointments, she told us that she truly did not believe that stress was causing her headaches. She said my daughter was handling the pressure of the headaches very, very well and that she felt it had to be something medical. So, we took her to a top Neurologist in a big city and they finally did find out what was wrong with her. She didn't want anyone to know that she was seeing a psychiatrist, so we didn't tell anyone... until after the woman said she was doing great, then she told everyone that she didn't need a shrink! lol!

::: raises hand ::: Yep, I have. I didn't hide it then and I wouldn't hide it now :) In fact, I highly recommend it. I had a bout of depression (which was seemingly made worse and slammed to the forefront when I almost lost my 4 week old daughter). I talked with a psychologist once a week for a few months and it did me a world of good. He asked me REALLY hard questions, made me so MAD I wanted to spit and made me see some truths about the pressures I was needlessly putting on myself on a daily basis. Taking an objective look at your own life is a very good thing, in my opinion. We get so busy and consumed with LIVING our lives that we don't always see the places where we might be working against our own best interests. I am better off for the experience.

I started going to counseling back in October to help with my low self-esteem and anger problems. I just quit going because I felt like it wasnt worth my time. All I did was go in and she would ask me how things were going and that was it. She never helped me work on any of my goals that I had set. I didnt hide going, I was glad that I was doing something to try and help myself. I do go to a psychiatrist every couple of months because Im on an anti-depressant.

I have in the past gone to counseling, and right now my son who is bipolar is going to counseling and no its not hush hush, some just need someone else to talk to.

i went to see a counselor once when i was in college, but i never went back. it felt weird opening myself up to a complete stranger, and i didnt feel right telling her all my secrets. i felt like i would have to start telling her life from childhood before she would be able to understand me at all, and i didnt want to do that. im also a very emotional person, and i hate crying in front of people, but that happened when i went to see her.

Good day to you. I have had both. I grew up in the Childrens Aid in Ontario Canada from age 5 to 18 and every six months I had to go in and be evaluated by a psychiatrist and check over by their doctor. The thing was they never listen to what I had to say. Not really sure why they brought me in but would never listen to the abuse that was going on. But I survived and at 15 ran away. But I eventually met the woman I would marry and she has helped me over come alot of crap in our 25 years together. Now about the counseling. I tried a few programs years ago, before we really did much with computers, and some worked and some didn't and one really messed us up finacially. When ended up going to financial counseling so we could keep figure out how to survive it. We survived and now we have a new house with two lots and our 35th wedding anniverasry is April 2007. The end, for now....

I was sent to counselling when I had troubles attending school because of my shyness. I don't think that I ever felt the need to hide it. After all, most of my friends at the time went to the same school that I did, and they were also in the same counselling situation, because I was sent to several special schools when I dropped out of my regular high school because I just couldn't take it because of my shyness overwhelming me. We were also required to go to family counselling as part of this - me, and my mother and father. And I had one counsellor who I really liked and opened up a lot to, named Sharon. But none of it really helped me to change, in the end, because I have this problem that I can become really comfortable in a given situation (like in a smaller school, becoming friends with almost everyone, etc) once I get to know everyone, but put back into a situation where I don't know the people, I am just as shy as ever. So I'm still struggling with getting over my shyness, years later, and am finally getting serious about it. But yes, I did attend counseeling for at least a year or two, and could use it now (again, for the shyness issue) if my family could afford it.

yes i am going to yoga counsiling

Well i've once taken anger management sessions, if you count that as couselling than yes guilty as charged :)

I highly recommend it for anyone going through a tough time. My first experience with counseling was when I had my son and suffered from PPD so I went to a reproductive psych as well as group therapy, it was amazing the benefit. I went to marriage counseling before I divorced and this past year I have been going through a bad heart break so I have been to a psychologist for help. I don't believe in suffering in silence, get the help you need for any traumatic situation, it makes a world of difference. Friends are great to lean on but there is something to be said about talking to a professional. They can offer so many ideas to help.

When I have problems, I go telling to my close friends...if it is something I'm ashamed of...I ask for a priest's advices.

No never ! Only at home !!!!

Yes, it was my first job in a computer Institute in India. It was some during 1994-95, nearly a year I worked as a counsellor for a very small institute. I was really scared in the begining but my collegues in the institute gave me confidence and bit of training. Since I was a very fresh graduate from loyola college chennai I was not very brave initially. Later I got the confidence to speak to face to face and counsel them regarding the computer course offered in my institutions. Good experience but only for one year, later I changed to Computer programming.

i went through marriage couseling before my husband and i decided to split, i was totally honest with our counsler but he wasn't so i guess that is why it didn't work. also have he left i continued to go for myself.

Yes I have had counselling and I have studied counselling. Counselling helped me to deal with witnessing a neighbour being attacked with a knife, or was the neighbour attacking someone with a knife. Any way I suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and it was horrible. So after a course of meds, my doctor referred me to a counsellour she was lovely, she helped me to deal with the incident and put things into perspective. I went back for counselling a year or two later because I felt I needed a top up :D The counsellour was very nice and she helped me to get things back on an even road. I would recommend counselling to any one.

I was diagnosed with IBS back in the late 70's when I was 12. Back then they didn't seem to know alot about it...and it was basically viewed as a "nervous" disorder by quite a few Dr's...mine included. So off to counseling I was shipped. I went through "positive thinking" sugestions (don't think about it and it will go away), questioned whether problems at home or school causing it, relaxation sugestions...etc. Basically it left me even more self consious over my health problem and I blamed my myself everytime I had a bad episode which made it worse...and yes I hid the fact that I was in counseling. It just wasn't accepted back then. Diet changes I made myself and eliminating certain foods made a huge improvement and I ditched the counseler. But, after that experience I hear the word counseling suggested now and I want to run.