A choice to take therapy is brave, for it is a new start in the battle of the two selves, of the "two wolves," of reaching out for help to gain the upper hand and become your best self.
The journalist has a role in explaining complex information at a simple and easily digestible level, yet they are also therapists to nations, and this role must be well taught.
A great therapist brings their emotional self to the surface in a professional way, for only a real and true sense of caring can make an effective therapeutic bond, and only the empathic self can combine with the logical self to bring out the highest possible intelligence of both therapist and client.
Part of the art of the great therapist is being a great role model for self control and the use of the prefrontal cortex in responding to problems rather than reacting. They show how to weave self control, empathy and logic to enable their client to gain a higher ability for creative shifts in perspective, thus enhancing emotional intelligence.
The emotionally cold therapist should find themselves a therapist who can unlock them, to face one as a client is cruel.
Talk therapy is an effective treatment for trauma and thus can reduce or remove the physical health symptoms that accompany such trauma, often referred to as "ACEs" or adverse childhood experiences.