Group Therapy Benefits To Society

75 million Americans that are over the age of eighteen suffer from a mental disorder. That number is too large! In 2007, three out of every 100 Americans are treated for depression and that number has tripled since 1987. Only twenty percent of those people go to psychotherapy, and the other percent only get treated with medication. Medicine alone cannot help most people get better. The reason why a therapist would be a good asset to society is because: it gives people somewhere to be open about their feelings, they help people with their problems, and they can help society as a whole. One reason therapy is a beneficial place to go is because you can let everything out: all of your worries, troubles, thoughts and basically anything. The best part is that it is one hundred percent confidential, no one else will know about what you say besides you and the therapist. Therapists are very trustworthy. You can always count on them to be there. They all care so much about helping youth and adults, and it’s something that they are very passionate about. Also, according to the law there are is a …show more content…
Group therapy helps almost everyone get their feelings out to other people in a safe and healthy way. It helps the school environment by helping the kids talk about how they are feeling about one another and what’s going on in the school. It could help the work environment the same way also. Another form of group therapy is family therapy. Family therapy, in my opinion, is very effective. My family has used it and it helped us a lot and I’ve heard of other people using it and it helping their family in the best way. People can tell the therapist about someone that is bothering them and deal with that way instead of in an irrational way. Therapists can also give advice on how to handle situations like that and how to deal with people in the workplace, school, with your friends, and with your