Research Paper Example: Diagnosing and Getting Treatment

There are many concerns and questions that go into making the clinical evaluations. When one first walks into a treatment center, usually they are carted off into a closed room with a trusted person and asked questions about themselves. These questions range from a variety of topics such as how you see yourself in the future, to what makes you want to come in to receive therapy, and even questions about how you are treated at home. Once these hard questions are asked and written in the computer, they have a better understanding to how they can treat you. They then pair you up with a counselor to start your treatment. The first thing that the counselor will tell you is that they are under contract that they cannot tell anyone anything about you unless you were to be in danger to yourself or someone else. This is where patient doctor confidentiality comes into play. You have to open yourself up to them so that they can help you. It is awkward and scary at first because you are telling a stranger all of these things about yourself that you don’t tell anyone. 

You may wrestle with the idea about seeing a therapist or counselor at first. You may be completely opposed to that idea. Growing up your family might have never seen the need for a therapist at all. Some religions even think seeing therapists means you aren’t devote in what you believe. You have to stop listening to what everyone else and do what is good for your mental health. Counseling is a safe place. Many people see counselors, even if they don’t have huge problems, to just talk to someone and have someone listening to them. Everyone needs a little help here and there, and these counselors are here to help in all the ways that they can. 

Some personal things that can make one not go to therapy is how they see themselves. Many times, people will think that they don’t need help and that they can get better all on their own. When in reality that is not the case at all. They usually get worse when no intervention is happening. There is also a stigma put on the mental health profession. Many people think that if they come right out and say that they are going to therapy that they will get made fun of, while sometimes this is true, more people than not are also in therapy.