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121 Best Mental Health Quotes to Inspire, Strengthen, and Encourage

Welcome to a collection of 121 inspiring mental health quotes curated to uplift, motivate, and empower. In the journey of life, mental well-being is just as crucial as physical health. These quotes, shared by renowned figures across various fields, offer wisdom, empathy, and encouragement to those navigating the complexities of mental health. Whether you’re seeking motivation, comfort, or a fresh perspective, these quotes are here to remind you that you’re not alone and that healing, growth, and resilience are within reach. Keep reading to soak in 121 best mental health quotes to inspire, strengthen, and encourage.

Mental Health Quotes to Inspire

Welcome to a curated collection of Mental Health Quotes to Inspire, a compilation designed to uplift, empower, and offer solace to those navigating the intricate landscapes of mental well-being. Each quote serves as a beacon of hope, reminding us of the resilience within us and the importance of nurturing our mental health. Whether you’re seeking words of encouragement, reminders of self-care, or insights into the human experience, these quotes are here to accompany you on your journey towards greater emotional wellness. Take a moment to immerse yourself in these profound and thought-provoking words that speak to the heart of our shared human experience.

“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle

“I am bent, but not broken. I am scarred, but not disfigured. I am sad, but not hopeless. I am tired, but not powerless. I am angry, but not bitter. I am depressed, but not giving up.” — Unknown

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” — Jimmy Dean

“Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t. — Richard Bach

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran

Positive Mental Health Quotes

Dive into a realm of positivity and inspiration with our collection of Positive Mental Health Quotes. These quotes are designed to boost spirits and foster resilience, capturing the essence of optimism and promoting a healthy mindset. Whether you seek daily affirmations or motivational reminders, these quotes will inspire you to prioritize your mental well-being and embrace a happier, healthier life. Let the wisdom and positivity within these quotes guide you on your path to self-discovery and personal growth.

“Don’t believe everything you think.” — Unknown

“Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.” — Pastor Rick Warren

“Recovery is not one and done. It is a lifelong journey that takes place one day, one step at a time.” — Unknown

“You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.” — Kody Keplinger

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” — Plutarch

Mental Health Quotes to Strengthen

Embark on a journey of empowerment and inner strength with our curated collection of Mental Health Quotes to Strengthen. These quotes are crafted to uplift and fortify the mind, offering insights and perspectives that resonate with resilience and courage. Whether you’re facing challenges or simply seeking inspiration, these quotes will remind you of your inner power and the importance of mental well-being. Let these words of wisdom guide you towards a stronger, more resilient mindset, and empower you to navigate life’s ups and downs with confidence and grace.

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” — Dan Millman

“You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you’re still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here!” — Steve Maraboli s

“It’s okay to not be okay, as long as you are not giving up.” — Unknown

“Your mental health is a priority. Your happiness is an essential. Your self-care is a necessity.” — Unknown

“Don’t believe everything you think.” — Unknown

“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” — Unknown

“You are stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could possibly imagine.” — Unknown

“You are not alone. Even if it feels that way, there are people who care about you and want to help.” — Unknown

“The only way out is through.” — Robert Frost

“You are enough, just as you are.” — Meghan Markle

“In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus

“Mental health… is not a destination but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” — Noam Shpancer

“Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. There is truth in your pain, there is growth in your pain, but only if it’s first brought out into the open.” — Steven Aitchison

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go, they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein

Mental Health Quotes to Encourage

Welcome to a collection of Mental Health Quotes to Encourage, where the power of words meets the strength of the human spirit. In this compilation, you’ll find quotes carefully selected to uplift, motivate, and inspire. Whether you’re seeking a boost of positivity, words of reassurance, or a reminder of your inner resilience, these quotes are here to provide comfort and encouragement. Let these words be a guiding light on your journey towards mental wellness, reminding you that you are capable, worthy, and deserving of a life filled with joy and fulfillment.

“You are stronger than you seem, braver than you believe, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein

“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human.” — Lori Deschene

“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” — Sophia Bush

“Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step towards recovery.” — Unknown

“”Every setback is a setup for a comeback. Keep going, your breakthrough is just around the corner.” — Unknown

“You have the power to rewrite your story and create a future filled with happiness and fulfillment.” — Unknown

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.” — Charles Bukowski

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” — Frederick Douglas

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” — John Green

“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha

Short Mental Health Quotes

For those who want mental health quotes short and sweet:

“Tough times never last, but tough people do!” — Robert Schuller

“Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.” — Ovid

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” ― Leonard Cohen

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Amy March, from Little Women

“Change what you can, manage what you can’t.” ― Raymond McCauley

“Self-care is how you take your power back.” — Lalah Delia

“ Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.” — Lemony Snicket

“Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.” – J.M Barrie.

Famous Mental Health Quotes

Below are some famous mental health quotes spoken by figures throughout history:

“Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.” — Mariska Hargitay

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” — Rumi

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves” ― Henry David Thoreau

“The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle Onassis

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” — Charles Dickens.

Celebrity Mental Health Quotes

If you need some motivation, celebrities sometimes offer nuggets of wisdom. Here are some celebrity mental health quotes:

“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is, you don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need.” — Demi Lovato

“Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.” — Adam Ant

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” — Glenn Close

“What I love about therapy is that they’ll tell you what your blind spots are. Although that’s uncomfortable and painful, it gives you something to work with.” — Pink

“I found that with depression , one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it,” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

“The experience I have had is that once you start talking about [experiencing a mental health struggle], you realize that actually you’re part of quite a big club.” — Prince Harry

“Promise me you’ll always remember — you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh

“If you have been brutally broken but still have the courage to be gentle to other living beings, then you’re a badass with a heart of an angel.” — Keanu Reeves

“Part of my identity is saying no to things I don’t want to do… I check in with myself throughout the day and I say, ‘Do I really want to do this?’ and if the answer is no, then I don’t do it. And you shouldn’t either.” — Lady Gaga

“There isn’t anybody out there who doesn’t have a mental health issue, whether it’s depression, anxiety , or how to cope with relationships. Having OCD is not an embarrassment anymore – for me. Just know that there is help and your life could be better if you go out and seek the help.” — Howie Mandel

“You’re only given a spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” – Robin Williams

“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.” — Selena Gomez

“Mental health is just as important as… physical health and deserves the same quality of support.” —  Kate Middleton

Mental Health Quotes from Literature

Welcome to a collection of Mental Health Quotes from Literature! These quotes are like gems from books and poems that share valuable insights about emotions, struggles, resilience, and life experiences. They help us understand mental health in a way that feels meaningful and comforting. Join us as we explore how words from literature can inspire and encourage us on our journey towards mental well-being.

“No need to hurry, no need to sparkle, no need to be anybody but oneself.” — Virginia Woolf

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” — Charles Dickens

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” – Mary Shelley

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott

“If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.” — Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook

“I shan’t be lonely now. I was lonely; I was afraid. But the emptiness and the darkness are gone; when I turn back into myself now I’m like a child going at night into a room where there’s always a light.” — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” — Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, Return of the King

“There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.” ― Sir Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight

“A fighter can be a winner, but that doesn’t make a winner a fighter.” ― Mark Zusak, Fighting Ruben Wolfe

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“God made the world just as much for me as for any one else.” ― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” ―Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.” ― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart. ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

“Make not your thoughts your prisons.” ― William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra

“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still lots of good in the world.” — S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Do not let the hero in your soul parish, in lonely frustration, for the life you deserved but never have been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Mental Health Awareness Quotes

Welcome to a compilation of Mental Health Awareness Quotes! These quotes are powerful reminders of the importance of mental health and the need for awareness, understanding, and support. They shed light on the struggles individuals face, promote empathy and compassion , and encourage conversations about mental well-being. Join us as we delve into these insightful quotes that aim to raise awareness and promote positive mental health for everyone.

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” — Fred Rogers

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” — Glenn Close

“If we start being honest about our pain, our anger, and our shortcomings instead of pretending they don’t exist, then maybe we’ll leave the world a better place than we found it.” — Russell Wilson

“Nobody can save you but yourself, and you’re worth saving. It’s a war not easily won, but if anything is worth winning then this is it.” — Charles Bukowski

“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person. It makes you human.” — Lori Dschene

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss , and have found their way out of the depths.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.” — Mariska Hargitay

“Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don’t come with a book on how to get it right all the time.” — Les Brown

“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it,” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

“I’ve seen people go from the darkest moments in their lives to living a happy, fulfilling life. You can do it too. I believe in you. You are not a burden. You will NEVER BE a burden.” — Sophie Turner

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” — John Green

“You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.” — Julian Seifter

“Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.” — Erik Erikson

“Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain.” — Matt Haig

“I knew well enough that one could fracture one’s legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.” — Vincent Van Gogh

“I say that publicly because I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth. I go to the dentist. So why wouldn’t I go to a shrink?” — Kerry Washington

Mental Health Therapist Quotes

We are always on the look out for quotes from experts. Here are some mental health therapist quotes:

“No amount of support or generosity justifies someone treating you badly. This includes parents.” — Sarah Crosby

“‘Positive vibes only’ isn’t a thing. Humans have a wide range of emotions and that’s OK.” — Molly Bahr, LMHC

“What if you moved through the world as if you were easy to be loved? Because I promise you, you are easy to love.” – Sonalee Rashatwar, LCSW

“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.” — Lisa Olivera

Deep breathing is our nervous system’s love language.” — Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

“There is no mind over matter. Mind is matter. You don’t get over an illness by not talking about it. It isn’t weak to ask for help. It isn’t weak to want to survive. It isn’t a character flaw to experience bad things.” — Matt Haig

“It’s okay to miss an old way of coping.” — Jordan Pickell

“You’re not someone who could have had a great life but no longer can. You’re someone who still has time to live a great life. You’re not someone who used to have potential but wasted it. You’re someone who had setbacks, but can and will bounce back. You still have as much potential as always. You can still do amazing things.” — Emma Notemma

“As soon as we realize that it’s not our job to be perfect, everything gets easier and more honest and more true. And in my experience, it tends to work better.” — Adam

“Common happiness myths: 1. Happiness is the natural state for all human beings. 2. If you’re not happy, you’re defective. 3. To create a better life, we must get rid of negative feelings. 4. You should be able to control what you think and feel.” — Molly Bahr

“There is grief in change. Be careful not to mistake grief as a sign you’re doing the wrong thing.” — Lisa Olivera

“The pain of the past exists nowhere except inside of you. That doesn’t mean it’s not real, it does mean only you can heal it, and you can.” — Elwing Gonzalez

“Start listening to the way you talk to yourself. These interactions will tell you how well you know yourself, how much you respect yourself, and what boundaries you are lacking.” — Sara Kuberic

“The world doesn’t always know what to do with people who don’t recover from illness. We like stories that have a clear beginning and ending. Even if you don’t fully heal or ‘get better’, you can be loved and appreciated for exactly who you are now. It’s enough.” — Whitney Goodman

“As you reflect back on the previous weeks, months or year, look for moments you can celebrate too. There will be some, even if you have to look a little harder.” — Emily Coxhead

“Pay careful attention to anything you try to hide.” — Gretchen Rubin

As we conclude this collection of 121 best mental health quotes, remember that each quote carries a message of hope, resilience, and self-compassion. Mental health journeys are unique, and it’s okay to seek support and guidance along the way. Let these quotes serve as a reminder that your feelings are valid, your experiences matter, and there is strength in vulnerability. May these words continue to inspire you, strengthen your resolve, and encourage you to prioritize your mental well-being each day. You are capable, you are worthy, and you are not alone in this journey towards greater mental health.

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28 Inspiring Mental Health Quotes That Will Empower You

When individuals are mentally healthy, they are able to realize their own abilities, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and make positive contributions to their community (World Health Organization, 2004).

When individuals experience poor mental health, they may start to withdraw and can experience debilitating symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Poor mental health can also affect physical health, as individuals might react by neglecting their physical health through inconsistent eating habits, poor hygiene, and general malaise (Ohrnberger et al., 2017).

This article will dig into quotations that can help empower individuals with mental health difficulties. The quotations seek to inspire those who are experiencing mental health issues and provide education surrounding mental health and the stigma around those who experience difficulties.

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“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”

John Green, 2019

“The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.”

Shannon L. Alder, n.d.

“No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.”

Elyn R. Saks, 2007

“Things not to say to someone with mental illness: Ignore it. Forget about it. Fight it. You are better than this. You are over thinking.”

Nitya Prakash, 2019

“Being able to be your true self is one of the strongest components of good mental health.”

Lauren Fogel Mersy, n.d.

“All stress, anxiety, depression, is caused when we ignore who we are, and start living to please others.”

Paulo Coelho, 2014

To maintain wellbeing, individuals need to recognize their inner strengths. They can seek to accomplish this through therapeutic mental health interventions and meditation , as these processes help individuals to engage in further reflection about what influenced their current state and how they can move forward.

Mental health is centered around maintaining individual wellbeing. The absence of a mental disorder is not sufficient for good mental health, as individuals must be able to function independently and engage in consistent self-care to be considered mentally healthy (World Health Organization, 2004).

“Mental illness… occurs when our mental health is compromised or neglected for so long that it affects our ability to function in our everyday life.”

Kati Morton, 2018

“Over the course of the past decade, there’s been increased willingness to recognize mental health as an essential part of one’s well-being.”

Nicole Spector, 2020

“We envisage a society in which mental health problems are an acceptable and in some ways valued part of the human experience.”

Mike Slade, Lindsay Oades, & Aaron Jarden, 2017

“Consequently, actions that successfully improve the overall mental health of the population are likely to be accompanied by other important benefits to society.”

Elliott Goldner, Emily Jenkins, & Dan Bilsker, 2016

“Not surprisingly, there has been a mismatch between the enormous impact of mental illness and addiction on the public’s health and our society’s limited commitment to addressing these problems.”

John Campo, 2017

“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you, doesn’t mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.”

“Slow, deep breathing is important… It’s like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won’t get rid of the storm, but it will hold you steady until it passes.”

Russ Harris, 2008

It’s important to recognize that an individual’s response to present events is based on their mental state . However, an individual’s reaction to past and future events affects their overall mental health, as the anticipation and rumination surrounding different events fuel an individual’s reactions.

Over the past few years, mental health has come to describe not only severe mental conditions, but also an aspect of overall health. As a result, the general population’s understanding and categorization of mental health has broadened (Spector, 2020).

Although mental health may not yet be normalized to the extent that physical wellbeing has, more people are willing to speak out about the impact of mental health. More specifically, there has been an increase in prominent individuals being willing to talk about their mental health struggles, which has helped keep the dialogue going.

It is important to do your best to find an outlet that allows you to be open and honest about your struggles, be it with a therapist, good friend, or family member.

Many individuals have also found an outlet by engaging in creative pursuits such as writing and painting to help express their emotions. Having an outlet to express your emotions can help maintain stable mental health and continue to motivate the conversation surrounding mental health and wellbeing.

Many of us can fall into the trap of thinking that if one doesn’t experience any symptoms of mental illness, then they should automatically display high wellbeing.

We may also think that fixing what is wrong will automatically lead to greater wellbeing. However, research suggests that it is far more complicated than that.

Keyes (2005) found that although higher subjective wellbeing correlates with fewer mental health symptoms and vice versa, this relationship is far from perfect.

In other words, some people who suffer from a disorder might still experience a relatively high level of subjective wellbeing, while some people who report low levels of subjective wellbeing might experience few symptoms or may even not suffer from a mental health disorder.

Ultimately, this model is crucial in providing a deeper understanding of mental health and wellbeing. The field of psychology is essential in understanding and assisting those with symptoms of psychopathology.

Yet, we also need to understand and learn about what complete mental health looks like and develop ways to assist people in moving towards this state of being.

Positive psychology’s focus on what is going right with an individual may be a way forward towards this goal.

“We all add to the stigma surrounding mental illness. I am not trying to call anyone out or make anyone feel bad, but in our own way, we all contribute to the stigma. It could be the way we think about other people with mental illness, or even the way we talk to ourselves about our own struggles.”

“Mental health clinicians need to address the issue of stigma, which is so often attached to mental illness. They need to support efforts to prevent mental ill health and promote health, wellness and resilience. Clinicians need to support the rights of people with mental illness, and enable them to participate meaningfully in society.”

Nicholas Procter, Helen Hamer, Denise McGarry, Terry Froggatt, & Rhonda Wilson, 2014

“We believe that a mental health system that was fully supporting recovery would look different in language, assumptions, theory base and working practices. It would have a natural focus on strengths.”

“I believe the best way to manage our thoughts is to first educate ourselves. We need to fully understand how a mental illness can feel to someone before we thoughtfully talk about it.”

“People will need help and support either intermittently or continuously, but their mental health experience no more defines them than their sexuality, gender, personality or any other aspect of their identity.”

“When mental health is ultimately recognized as essential to physical health, not an extraneous element of it, then we will have access to true, complete, modern medicine.”

“Although the general perception of mental illness has improved over the past decades, studies show that stigma against mental illness is still powerful, largely due to media stereotypes and lack of education, and that people tend to attach negative stigmas to mental health conditions at a far higher rate than to other diseases and disabilities, such as cancer, diabetes or heart disease.”

Jean Holthaus, n.d.

“Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.“

Bill Clinton, 1999

“Stigma and self-stigma are some of the most significant barriers surrounding mental health. Pervasive stigma is defined as a negative attitude towards a condition or person which leads to negative action or discrimination.”

Peter Haugen, Aileen McCrillis, Geert Smid, & Mirjam Nijdam, 2017

As a result of these difficulties, the fear of stigma may motivate some individuals to hide specific behaviors related to their mental illness or deny that they are having issues. Mental illness can become a defining piece of the individual’s personality and cause their interactions to be categorized by their mental illness.

To fight stigma, it is important for society to continually promote increased awareness and acceptance of mental health difficulties. Widespread interventions to reduce stigma are found to have a greater impact on perpetuating long-term change surrounding awareness and knowledge of mental health.

Specific evidence-based strategies that are found to reduce sigma include (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2017).

• Education, such as mental health literacy campaigns
• Protest and advocacy (e.g., letter writing and Twitter campaigns)
• Programs that facilitate social contact between people with and without behavioral disorders (contact-based programs)
• Contact-based education programs, which combine contact with educational content designed to raise public awareness of selected issues or increase public knowledge about mental and substance use disorders
• Media campaigns delivered over a range of platforms, including traditional and newer social media
• Peer programs in which people who have disclosed their conditions offer their experience and expertise to individuals and families, ranging from informal peer-led programs to peer-specialized services in health services systems

Introducing these programs can help increase awareness surrounding mental health. As people become more aware of the impacts, mental illness can slowly become more understood among the general population.

Stigma surrounding mental health includes being negatively perceived by others because of mental illness. Specifically, it can lead individuals to be discredited by society and experience barriers surrounding employment, access to care, and social support (Bharadwaj, Pai, & Suziedelyte, 2015).

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“We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.”

John Green, 2008

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”

Suzanne Collins, 2010

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

Louisa May Alcott, 1868

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

J. K. Rowling, 2015

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: It is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’”

C. S. Lewis, 1940

“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”

Jane Austen, 1811

Individuals with mental health conditions often struggle with feelings of hopelessness and sadness. The magnitude of these conditions can cause individuals to withdraw from activities and people that help maintain their individual wellbeing.

Often, the most challenging part of getting help is initiating the process. Individuals can get so caught up in the difficult emotions surrounding mental health conditions that it might pose a barrier to seeking help.

Some strategies you can consider when encouraging someone to seek help include (American Psychiatric Association, n.d.):

• Approach the issue Express your concern using “I” statements (e.g., “I am worried about you” instead of “You should”). Reassure them that you care about them and suggest that there are other outlets they can explore if they are not comfortable (e.g., mental health professionals, other friends, and family).
• Address potential barriers Anticipate potential barriers that the individual might face when seeking help. Offer to assist in research surrounding therapy options, transportation, and any insurance or cost concerns that might pose an issue.
• Have appropriate expectations Change takes time. As highlighted in these quotes, individuals can experience a wide range of difficult emotions when experiencing mental health-related conditions. Try to approach each situation with patience and understanding, even if there are setbacks.
• Seek support for yourself When helping others seek support, it is important to take care of yourself. Reach out for help if you need it and acknowledge your limits to preserve your mental health.

If you are helping others seek help for mental illness or trying to get support for yourself, it is important to remember that this is a process. Even if you experience setbacks, continue to persevere and believe that you or the person you are helping can overcome this.

Mental health awareness quotes

Our website contains many resources to help you and your loved ones achieve optimal mental health. Some of those resources are listed below:

• Positive Psychology Quotes If you enjoyed this selection of mental health quotes, you might also enjoy our other article where we share an inspiring collection of positive psychology quotes .
• Preventing Mental Health Relapse This worksheet helps individuals track their progress throughout their recovery from a mental illness. It allows individuals to identify symptoms that may trigger a relapse so that they can be self-aware and seek more help if necessary.
• Understanding Mental Health Stigma This resource provides a definition of stigma and resources to help you understand how you can contribute to reducing mental health stigma .
• Self-Care Checkup Self-care is an important part of recovery. This checklist gives you ideas for self-care and allows you to rank how often you engage in self-care activities on a scale from 1 to 3.
• The Ryff Scales of Psychological Wellbeing Available as part of our Positive Psychology Toolkit© , this instrument can help you engage in a process of self-reflection surrounding your personal wellbeing.

If you’re looking for more science-based ways to help others discover meaning, check out this collection of 17 validated meaning tools for practitioners. Use them to help others choose directions for their lives in alignment with what is truly important to them.

17 Tools To Encourage Meaningful, Value-Aligned Living

This 17 Meaning & Valued Living Exercises [PDF] pack contains our best exercises for helping others discover their purpose and live more fulfilling, value-aligned lives.

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Maintaining stable mental health is key in ensuring good physical and mental fortitude. Mental illness can be debilitating, but the most effective way to fight the stigma and perceptions surrounding mental health is to talk about it.

These quotations can serve as a starting point for individuals who are suffering, as they may be able to relate to the experiences that are projected through these quotations. Additionally, these quotes are meant to provide individuals with the strength they need to seek help for the emotions they are experiencing.

If you or someone you care about is struggling with mental health, please contact one of the following numbers in your respective country:

• USA: Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988
• UK: Samaritans hotline at 116 123
• The Netherlands: Netherlands Suicide Hotline at 0900 0767
• France: Suicide écoute at 01 45 39 40 00
• Australia: Lifeline at 13 11 14
• Germany: Telefonseelsorge at 0800 111 0 111 or 0800 111 0 222

For a list of other suicide prevention websites, phone numbers, and resources, see this website or consult Open Counseling’s list of International Suicide and Emergency Hotlines . Resources are listed by country, and you can click on the ‘more hotlines’ and ‘in-person counseling’ tabs to get further help.

We hope that this article provides you with resources and encouragement that will help you maintain your mental health. Remember, it is okay to need support to maintain your best self; do not be afraid to seek out other resources that can help.

We hope you enjoyed reading this article. Don’t forget to download our three Meaning and Valued Living Exercises for free .

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95 Therapy Quotes For Your Mental Health & Healing

• February 14, 2023
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Read these encouraging therapy quotes, sayings, and captions to help your mental health, wellness, and overall well-being.

Therapy —sometimes called psychotherapy, talk therapy, or counseling—is meeting with a trained professional to take care of your mental and emotional health.

These insightful quotes on therapy will encourage you to open up your mind, talk, and engage in self-reflection and will inspire you to rub off the daily stress , sadness, and melancholia.

There is a common misconception that therapy is only for people who have been diagnosed with a mental health condition like depression, but people go to therapy for all sorts of reasons.

Also Check: Stress Relief Quotes

You can reach out to a therapist to deal with and heal your past traumas, reconcile conflicts, and discuss your emotional ups and downs.

If you are struggling with negative feelings, prolonged grief, or a mental health condition like depression, then seeing a therapist can be an amazing tool to help you become emotionally stronger and learn coping tools you can use for the rest of your life.

These positive therapy quotes will give you to right motivation to start your journey toward emotional healing and growth.

Don’t forget to check our collection of mental health quotes and mentally tired quotes for success and happiness.

Top 10 Therapy Quotes To Help You 

• “Acting’s not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.” – Josh Peck
• “Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.” – Dar Williams
• “We may define therapy as a search for value.” – Abraham Maslow

• “To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.” – Jeff Bridges
• “Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.” – Louis Nizer
• “The best therapy is actually the more aggressive kind when they break you open; they unleash you.” – Cara Delevingne
• “I do it as therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.” – Jack LaLanne
• “In therapy, I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.” – Tiger Woods

Inspirational Therapy Quotes For Your Mental Health

Therapy is a powerful tool that can help you heal from your past trauma and improve your quality of life.

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Therapies are generally very helpful for people, not only for the ones who have some mental health conditions but for anyone who needs a listening ear during a difficult life situation.

These motivational therapy quotes will inspire you to begin your journey toward self-growth and development.

• “I’ve realized therapy is incredibly therapeutic.” – Lisa Schroeder
• “Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.” – Mary Berry
• “Acting is therapy. It keeps you in contact with your feelings.” – Diego Luna

• “To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.” – Gail Sheehy
• “And for me, it’s acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.” – Kevin Bacon
• “If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it’s the same for your heart.” – Toni Braxton
• “Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That’s the best therapy.” – Eric Davis
• “I’m very physical. I love to work out; I’m very athletic. It’s a great therapy, not only for my body but for my mind.” – Edgar Ramirez
• “Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heartstrings. It acts as medicine.” – Macklemore
• “Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.” – Irving Kirsch
• “Music is therapy for me. It’s my outlet for every negative thing I’ve ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.” – Amy Lee
• “ Massage therapy has been shown to relieve depression, especially in people who have chronic fatigue syndrome; other studies also suggest benefit for other populations.” – Andrew Weil
• “There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.” – Irving Kirsch
• “The key to nature’s therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There’s amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted – but that’s not your act of creation, it’s your act of joining in.” – Victoria Coren Mitchell
• “Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic, and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” – Graham Greene
• “Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability – the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy – to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.” – Tammy Duckworth
• “Cognitive therapy is a fast-acting technology of mood modification that you can learn to apply on your own. It can help you eliminate the symptoms and experience personal growth so you can minimize future upsets and cope with depression more effectively in the future.” – David D. Burns

Best Quotes About Therapy & Counseling

There may be a time in your life when you have a feeling constantly mentally tired and emotionally drained when a lot stress and anxiety takes on you.

These therapy quotes will inspire you to visit a therapist and discuss your mind freely whenever you feel like you are going through some difficult situations in life.

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Working with a mental health professional in therapy will help you heal from the memories of the past that keep holding you back.

• “I don’t know how people can live without a therapist.” – Neve Campbell
• “I should have a therapist. I have plenty to therapise about.” – Norah Jones
• “I realized that therapy helps me explain what I’m feeling better.” – Charlamagne Tha God
• “I’m a therapist and that fascinates people because they think I carry secrets.” – Susie Orbach
• “There’s nothing wrong or weak about seeking a therapist. I have a therapist.” – Dan Reynolds
• “Laying on the floor and listening to music might be all the therapy that you need.” – Danielle LaPorte
• “Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I’ve been able to use my life as a lesson.” – Jane Fonda
• “The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline.” – Michael Adzema
• “THERAPISTS – You are here to change the world. I know it. In your heart you know it. Live your passion. Do it. Seriously.” – Unknown
• “I believe that the therapist’s function should be to help people become free to be aware of and to experience their possibilities.” – Rollo May
• “Therapy is hard work- and not just for the therapist. That’s because the responsibility for change lies squarely with the patient.” – Lori Gottlieb
• “The exact beginning of the counseling profession is unknown, but its roots may be found in a range of helping relationships that have spanned cultures and societies throughout the ages.” – Unknown
• “Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, “Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?” – Julie Schumacher
• “Therapy and counseling can do wonderful things for people. But they have emerged so far as what are sometimes called ‘cottage industries’ – that is, as individuals or small groups offering generally quite expensive services to a few clients.” – Alain de Botton
• “Individual psychotherapy – that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship – requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.” – Thomas Szasz

Therapy Quotes To Inspire Healing & Self-Care

Addressing your state of mind to a therapist can help you to come out of a cluttered mind and can give you the right direction to move forward .

Working with a therapist gives you an opportunity to explore your feelings, thoughts, and concerns. It helps you to develop coping strategies to handle difficult situations.

The main goal of therapy is to inspire you to change for the better and improve the quality of your life through self-exploration and self-awareness.

• “Therapy’s like going to the gym.” – Chris Pine
• “Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.” – Tim Burton
• “The wilderness is healing, a therapy for the soul.” – Nicholas Kristof

• “Rest is not the answer, Activity and therapy help healing most.” – Joerg Teichmann
• “There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.” – Andre Agassi
• “I wish you’d help me look into a more interesting problem – namely, my sanity.” – Kurt Vonnegut
• “Therapy is like a toothbrush. You can’t really put it to use for anybody but yourself.” – Linda Holmes
• “It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert.” – Nathaniel Branden
• “Working out makes me feel strong and energized every time. It’s my therapy for my mind and my body.” – Stacy Keibler
• “I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.” – Irvin D. Yalom
• “I’m on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I’m trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy – it’s brilliant.” – Julia Sawalha
• “The ultimate goal of therapy… it’s too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.” – Irvin D. Yalom
• “Food is a lot of people’s therapy – when we say comfort food, we really mean that. It’s releasing dopamine and serotonin in your brain that makes you feel good.” – Brett Hoebel
• “If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!” – Katy Perry

Best Therapy Quotes For Depression & Anxiety

Therapy be it physical or emotional will always help you feel better and relaxed. Some people often find music, massage, gym sessions, being with a group of friends, or nature therapeutic.

Things you love doing like art or gardening are therapeutic, it helps you to feel better about things, especially about a situation that made you unhappy.

• “Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.” – Gordon Allport
• “I love being in therapy. It’s just constantly fulfilling for me.” – Jennifer Jason Leigh

• “Actions create consequences which produce new worlds, and they’re all different.” – Ruben Blades
• “There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.” – Alice Miller

• “I don’t feel like myself unless I run. It’s how I deal with sadness and happiness. I need it. It’s like therapy.” – Kara Goucher
• “Good therapy helps. Good friends help. Pretending that we are doing better than we are doesn’t. Shame doesn’t. Being heard does.” – Anne Lamott
• “Therapy really did prepare me to become an empathic songwriter. As far as advice goes, it’s a matter of self understanding first.” – William Fitzsimmons
• “The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites.” – James Hollis
• “Therapy is not to ‘talk about’ things, but to change the person’s life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.” – David D. Burns
• “The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience in the face of suffering.” – Carl Jung
• “I didn’t learn about depression or anxiety at school. So when I had to go to my parents to say ‘I need help, I need to go to therapy,’ I felt like this weird, messed up kid. And I wasn’t, but I felt that way.” – Lili Reinhart
• “It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.” – Shakira
• “Therapy is about understanding the self that you are. But part of getting to know yourself is to unknown yourself-to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.” – Lori Gottlieb

Famous Therapy Quotes To Encourage You

• “I believe in your therapist.” – Unknown

• “Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.” – Charles R. Swindoll
• “Occupational therapy practitioners ask, “what matters to you?” not, “what’s the matter with you?” – Unknown
• “The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don’t die if someone doesn’t like you.” – Rita Moreno
• “It’s hard to understand how you’re feeling, or That’s why sometimes people seek counseling. you don’t even know.” – Metta World Peace
• “Sunset is the only therapy I need. There is something magical about it, it makes you feel things. And with every new sunset that feeling is always different.” – Tadas Petrovas
• “My feeling on therapy is it’s a luxury, and if you’re fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that’s fortunate and you should go for it.” – Matthew Perry
• “I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.” – John Cleese
• “A talk with a child is cheaper than therapy – although if that’s your reason for talking to children, you should probably still get the therapy.” – John Alejandro King a.k.a. The Covert Comic
• “The goal of EMDR therapy is trait change so that the negative emotions and sensations will no longer habitually arise.” – Francine Shapiro, Florence W. Kaslow and Louise Mafield
• “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
• “Just about every therapist or counselor or social worker is practiced in dealing with people going through failing relationships, ending them, and confronting issues of custody and support.” – Laura Wasser
• “Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client’s quality world.” – William Glasser

Positive Therapy Quotes To Brighten Your Day

Life can be challenging at times. Keeping up with daily life chores and expectations is quite stressful. Amidst all stress and anxiety , we often find our minds clouded with random thoughts, ideas, and anxiousness.

All the regrets of the past, worries about the future, and overthinking can make you feel negative about most things.

Encouragement and support from your family members, friends, a therapist, or a counselor can help you get higher success in achieving your goals .

• “I don’t need therapy. All I need is the gym.” – Unknown

Isolation, loneliness , conflict with family members, or losing a loved one to death are some reasons that can affect someone’s mental health badly.

It’s important to share your feelings and fears with your loved ones and seek professional consultancy if you think you can’t get on a positive note.

These encouraging therapy quotes and counselor quotes by famous therapists and psychologists will encourage you to share your feelings during troubled times.

Do not forget to read our posts on quotes on yoga and meditation for a great relaxing day.

What are your favorite therapy quotes and sayings about mental health? Let us know in the comment section below.

Feel free to share these uplifting quotes with friends and family on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Tumblr, Pinterest, and more to spread some wise words of wisdom to inspire others.

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30 Life-Changing Quotes From Real Therapy Sessions

People on know how important therapy is. Here are some things they learned during their own sessions:

1. “Bad things happen in our lives every day. Most of them are unavoidable. That’s life. Rather than burning yourself out working to avoid bad things from happening, teach yourself resilience – how you experience, process, accept, recover, and move on from bad things. The better you get at being resilient, the less time you spend being anxious and depressed about a bad situation or potentially bad situation. Not only this, resilience is inspiring. If your kids, spouse, parents, siblings, friends, etc., notice how quickly you bounce back from a bad situation, it will spread positivity.”

2. “My therapist and I were discussing how I felt about a pretty deep betrayal from my now ex-wife. I was beating myself up for not seeing how bad she really was when there was plenty of evidence. He wrote down something on his yellow notepad and then held it upright in my face, practically touching my nose.

He said, “What’s that say?”

I couldn’t read it; it was too close to my face. Stepping back from it a bit, it could read it said, “You’re too close to see it.” He was right. I was too close to the problems and the situation to have been able to see it, where, in retrospect, it was so obvious. I stopped beating myself up over it and was able to let it go.”

3. ““Anything worth doing is worth doing half-assed.”

Inaction is a form of paralysis. Do  something , even if it isn’t everything an adult human in perfect condition in ideal circumstances would do. I  should go to the gym 3x a week and get back into the shape I was in when I was a dancer. I don’t do that. I do take my dog on long walks, though, and that’s better than sitting on the couch all day!”

4. “Worrying about something that might happen just makes you miserable. It’s great to have a contingency plan, but don’t spend all your energy worrying about something that might never happen; just deal with it if it happens.”

5. “I’m not required to forgive anyone, especially from abuse. I can if I want to, and it works for me, but if I don’t feel forgiving, then I don’t have to.”

6. “Try to find something you enjoy every day, even if it’s something small like taking a hot shower or going for a walk. If you start feeling down, you can think about what you enjoyed from that day and recognize that you’ve done something nice for yourself.”

7. “I had issues getting motivated for pretty much anything, even my hobbies. She told me that even doing nothing is a conscious decision; it is not something that just happens; I made that choice, and I will need to decide it every day for the rest of my life.

It’s a rather simple thought, but it completely changed me. Basically gave me back control. I always ask myself stuff like, “Do I really want to sit on my couch and watch YouTube the whole Saturday?” And the answer is almost always “no,” so I go out and ride my bike or meet up with friends. It really helped me, just the simple task of questioning what you want to do with your time and making it a conscious decision.”

8. “If you don’t heal from what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people that didn’t cut you.”

9. “”You aren’t obligated to have a relationship with anyone.” Helped me realize that I could walk away from toxic relationships, romantic or otherwise.”

10. “My most recent therapist said, “Productivity does not equal worth or value.” In regards to people feeling like just because we’re home all the time during the pandemic, we should be doing stuff for and in the home (cleaning, hobbies, renovations, etc.). And then feeling badly that we don’t have the energy for those things. I’ve been reminding myself of her words every time I feel like I should be doing this or that. She says that relaxation is its own productivity.”

11. ““Your bad feelings are hard enough – don’t punish yourself on top of that for feeling bad.” Helped with self-harm and depression spirals.”

12. “I don’t owe the world anything, but the world doesn’t owe me anything either.”

13. “It’s not your job to manage other people’s emotions. It’s not your job to anticipate their every need before they vocalize it. Let people do their own thing; if they need help, they will ask, and if they don’t ask then that’s one less ask to stress about.”

14. “Would you say the things you say to yourself in your head to your best friend?

Would you tell your best friend that they are a pathetic loser that will never accomplish anything and nobody likes them, and they should just go ahead and off themselves to make everyone’s lives better?

Well, no. I would never say that to my best friend…

So why was I saying it to **myself**?”

15. “While my marriage was imploding, I was so hung up on figuring out why. Hours spent every night trying to fall asleep and instead of trudging over past arguments trying to get to a “fixable” cause.

My therapist simply stated, “You don’t need to figure it out. Just accept it.”

It was like a 10,000 lb. bolder was lifted from my shoulders.”

16. “A healthy relationship has boundaries that are respected. If this guy you are with loves you, he’ll respect that you aren’t ready, and he won’t complain about it. If he does, then he’s not a good partner.”

17. “You can’t forget, and you won’t forget. We can’t get rid of every emotion that hurts, like jealousy, anger, sadness. What’s important here is getting the skills to understand these things, feel them, and find happiness after.”

18. “If you have to eat a shit sandwich, you pick the toppings that come on it.” It was disheartening hearing at first, but it validated how I was feeling and gave me a good visual to see that even if things suck, there are things I can control to make it better.”

19. “Maybe you can treat yourself like a person and not like a project.” It changed my life. I’d been treating myself like something to fix and seeing every little problem as evidence that I was a failure and a terrible person. I learned to give myself the same benefit of the doubt as I’d give any other human I met on the street. Humans make mistakes, including me—that doesn’t mean there’s issues to fix; it means I’m a person.”

20. “You don’t want your life to be exciting. You want it to be boring. Excitement sounds like fun, but your mental health pays for it. So do exciting things. Be excited. But live a “boring” life, so you don’t careen from disaster to disaster.”

21. “Any emotion that you have, whether positive or negative, is just an extension of yourself.

For me, it was my anger. I would have moments where I was aware I was out of control but didn’t know how to stop it. So she told me to think of my anger as my literal hand. I control my hand. I have the autonomy to make my hand stop doing what I want it to do. My hand does not control me.

It was very effective in those moments where I would feel my anger taking over me to just quite literally look at my hand and remember I am in control.”

22. “I was freaking out about things that COULD happen, and he simply asked me, “So what would you do if that happened?” It sounds super simple, and it is, but it helped me realize I have solutions to problems that MIGHT arise. I shouldn’t let fear stop me from doing things that would be beneficial or enjoyable.”

23. “Being called selfish is a form of control.”

24. “Take one day off a week. Completely off. No work. No “projects.” No plans. Wake up with nothing on the agenda.

Someone giving me permission to do nothing was pretty revolutionary for someone coming from a protestant hard work ethic upbringing that villainized relaxation as idleness/laziness. She was not just giving me permission; she was insisting on it as imperative to my health and well-being.”

25. “It’s okay to cry and don’t hold shit in.”

26. “I don’t remember the exact wording, but my psychiatrist told me years ago that bad things that happened in my life weren’t because I deserved them. The bad things happened to me because they were going to happen, and I just happened to be there. They could have happened to anyone else instead of me, but it wasn’t because God hated me that they happened.

For me, I struggled for years, thinking that everything that happened to me was my fault and just what I deserved. That if something good happened, it was an accident and would be reversed soon enough. He gave me the knowledge that sometimes, shitty things just happen.”

27. “If you approach someone with good intentions and they react in a negative way, that is a reflection of themselves and not you.”

28. “‘So what?’

I really struggled with a negative core belief that I wasn’t good enough or worthy of the friends I had. My therapist said, “Alright, let’s say then that a friend decides they don’t like you for who you are – so what?”

It has really helped me to accept that I’m actually great; I don’t need to be anyone other than who I am to please other people.”

29. “You have to learn to forgive yourself.”

30. “ You have always been you; you were just never allowed to be yourself and were suppressed.”

Resources for Those Who Need Them

Find a Therapist in Your Area

• The Recovery Village
• GoodTherapy Database
• Talkspace: Online Therapy

Call Centers

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Helpline :  1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• Suicide Prevention Lifeline :  1-800-273-8255 (TALK)
• Suicide Prevention Lifeline for Hearing Impaired:  1-800-799-4889
• The Samaritans:  (877) 870-4673 (HOPE)
• Trevor Project Lifeline  – Hotline for LGBT youth,  (866) 488-7386
• Child Help USA National Hotline  – For youth who are suffering child abuse,  1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
• Boys Town National Hotline  – Serving all at-risk teens and children,  (800) 448-3000
• National Teen Dating Violence Hotline  – Concerns about dating and relationships, 1-866-331-9474  (or text “loveis” to 22522)

Text Hotlines

• Crisis Text Line  (Or, on your smartphone, text HOME to  741741 )
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

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Therapist Quotes: Healing Words to Uplift and Inspire

Life and work can feel heavy as we draw closer to the end of another frantic year. There have been many challenges for our communities. As a therapist, you’ve again borne the brunt of guiding and supporting your clients through these trying times.

With this in mind, we want to provide some encouragement and inspiration to help with your own personal growth. Reminders of why YOU and what you do are so important. Think of these insights as quotes for therapists like you. They’re our way of thanking you for being who you are and contributing to the betterment of our world.

Whether you are in your early professional years or a professional with decades of experience, these quotes are relevant to mental health.

Inspirational Quotes for Therapists: Your Gift to Others

Your gift of understanding and care resonates deeply with your clients. Your presence speaks volumes, conveying empathy that extends beyond words. These quotes reflect the essence of your impact.

“The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.”

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”

• Bertrand Russell

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

• Mother Teresa

“Your time is limited; don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

“we rise by lifting others.”.

• Robert Ingersoll

Nurturing Healing Relationships: Cultivating Safe Havens for Yourself and Your Clients

You create a safe haven for your clients. One that allows them to be vulnerable, share, and find relief and recovery. Where the wounds of the past can find acceptance and solace, and the journey towards a brighter tomorrow finds its legs.

This nourishment is precious for your clients, their families, our communities, and our planet. Remember this impact and that you deserve this compassion, too.

“The greatest gift you can give someone is the space to be his or her authentic self.”

“the darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.”.

• Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“The simple act of caring is heroic.”

• Edward Albert

“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.”

• Max de Pree

“When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”

• Karl A. Menniger

Quotes About Therapists: Your Ability to Empower Transformation

Transformation is an inner journey you help spark, cultivate, and nourish in your clients. You guide others to realize their power to change, evolve, and become more authentic and free than they were before meeting you.

During the shifts and turns that transformation requires, you hold the torch and illuminate their way. Remember that. Also, know that you deserve the same space and light to enable your own transformation.

Let these quotes inspire you!

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

• Carl R. Rogers

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”

• Nido Qubein

“Although both love and knowledge are necessary, love is in a sense more fundamental since it will lead intelligent people to seek knowledge in order to find out how to benefit those whom they love. But if people are not intelligent, they will be content to believe what they have been told and may do harm in spite of the most genuine benevolence.”

•  Bertrand Russell

“The future depends on what you do today.”

• Mahatma Gandhi

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

• Wayne Gretzky

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

• Eleanor Roosevelt

Lighting the Path to Resilience: Reminder Quotes for Therapists on Why YOU Matter

You wield the torch of hope for those who feel lost in the dark. You shine a light so others can find strength within themselves. As you guide and support, you encourage change, stamina, and healing.

As you support others to discover their resilience, remember you matter more than you may realize. Let these quotes sustain you and the care you give.

“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.”

“the human capacity for burden is like bamboo — far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.”.

•  Jodi Picoult

“When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realize that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.”

• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fostering Self-Discovery: A Journey of Self-Exploration and Self-Acceptance

Embarking on the path of self-discovery is like setting out on an expedition into the uncharted territories of our inner landscapes. It’s an emotional and evocative journey marked by profound introspection and understanding. It’s one you allow in others and owe yourself.

As you navigate this journey, let these insightful voices offer guidance and reveal the wisdom you already have inside you.

“First, out of clutter, find simplicity. Second, from discord, make harmony. Third, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

• John Archibald Wheeler  (about Albert Einstein)

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“the more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”.

• Erik Erikson

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

• Napoleon Hill

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”

• Samuel Johnson

Recognizing Your Vital Impact as a Therapist

Sometimes, it can be easy to lose sight of your profound professional impact when times are tough. The way you show up for your clients and help them build a better self and future. The way you hold space so your tribe feels safe and seen.

These insights act as excellent therapist quotes because they capture the influence you exert, even when you don’t notice or feel “less than.”

“One of the most important instruments you have to work with as a counselor is yourself as a person… To every therapy session, we bring our human qualities and the experiences that have influenced us. In my judgment, this human dimension is one of the most powerful influences on the therapeutic process.”

• Gerald Corey , Professor Emeritus of Human Services at California Tate University

“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“your empathy and guidance plant the seeds of change in the hearts of those you touch.”, “the influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious and may revolutionize a whole town.”.

• Eleanor H. Porter.

Therapist Quotes for Overcoming Challenges and Staying Inspired

We’ve been told by many of our customers that there’s a level of psychological strain that only those in the mental health space can understand. Working as a therapist can be exhausting, challenging, transformative, and rewarding.

Burnout  and compassion fatigue are real. Lofty workloads and burgeoning wait lists, increased demand by transgender and gender nonconforming populations, those with chronic illnesses and pain, and unemployed people have contributed to a stressful story: almost half of surveyed psychologists report feeling  burned out .

These therapist quotes may help you stay inspired, even when things are complex, and prioritize yourself and your well-being.

Heartening quotes for therapists about self-care

“you yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”, “i have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. caring for myself is an act of survival.”.

• Audre Lorde

“Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”

• Deborah Day

“Self-care is giving the world the best of you instead of what’s left of you.”

“you owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people.”.

• Ralph Smart

Inspirational quotes for therapists during challenging times

“far and away, the best prize life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”.

• Theodore Roosevelt

“One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.”

• Matshona Dhliwayo

“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.”

“it is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”.

• Sir Edmund Hillary

“You have within you right now everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

• Brian Tracy

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”, the takeaway.

As we conclude another tumultuous year — one, at times, filled with heaviness and challenge — remember the remarkable gifts you’ve shared. You’ve shouldered the responsibility of guiding and supporting your clients through hard times. You’ve borne the brunt of other’s pain and maybe your own.

By nurturing healing relationships, you’ve created safe havens where vulnerability finds acceptance and wounds find solace. Your influence extends far beyond the confines of your sessions, touching lives, families, and communities. Whether you practice cognitive therapy, rehabilitation therapy, or group therapy, these therapy quotes are sure to inspire positive mental attitudes.

Thank you for being a therapist. A guiding light that offers a safe, healing space. Your contributions, seen and unseen, make a profound difference.

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Therapy Quotes: Inspiring Words for Personal Growth

Therapy quotes can offer insight and inspiration in the journey towards better mental health. These words of wisdom can bring comfort and clarity to those seeking support, as well as providing a heartfelt reminder to take care of our wellbeing and practice self-care. Drawn from the experiences of others, these quotes can illuminate the path of personal growth and celebrate the courage and hope that accompany the process of recovery .

Within the realm of therapy and positive psychology, individuals can find guidance and encouragement as they navigate their own unique experiences. Quotes about love, acceptance, and growth help to foster resilience and remind us of our inherent worth. As you reflect on these words, may you find the inspiration to continue your therapeutic journey and embrace the transformative power of healing and self-care.

In the paragraphs that follow, we will explore a collection of powerful and thought-provoking therapy quotes, all aimed at inspiring and motivating your personal journey towards improved mental health and overall wellbeing. As you read through each quote, imagine how you can apply these lessons to your own life and use them as a catalyst for meaningful change.

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The Power of Quotes in Mental Health Recovery

Quote List 1 – 25

You can find inspiration in quotes for your mental health recovery journey, as they often offer insights into topics like vulnerability, personal growth, and coping with mental health conditions. Here are 25 quotes to help you on your journey:

• “The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.” – Anonymous
• “ Healing takes time , and asking for help is a courageous step.” – Mariska Hargitay
• “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
• “Don’t let your struggle become your identity.” – Anonymous
• “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
• “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “You are not a burden. You have a burden, which by definition is too heavy to carry on your own.” – Glenn Close
• “The sky is not the limit; your mind is!” – Lynette Simeone
• “Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.” – Matt Haig
• “Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.” – Anonymous
• “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to; it’s not for them.” – Joubert Botha
• “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Kahlil Gibran
• “When you can’t look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark.” – Fred Rogers
• “It’s okay to feel unstable. It’s okay to disassociate. It’s okay to hide from the world. It’s okay to need help. It’s okay not to be okay. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.” – Anonymous
• “Give yourself the same care and attention that you give to others and watch yourself bloom.” – Anonymous
• “No rain, no flowers.” – Anonymous
• “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” – Russ Harris
• “ Your mental health is more important than your career, money, other people’s opinions, status, and your failures.” – John Green
• “I am in charge of how I feel, and no one can bring me down.” – Anonymous
• “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” – Roy T. Bennett
• “ To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “I am not what happened to me; I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Jung
• “Don’t believe everything you think.” – Anonymous
• “Sometimes life doesn’t give you something you want, not because you don’t deserve it, but because you deserve more.” – Anonymous
• “ Believe you can , and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Quote List 26 – 50

In this section, we explore more quotes that discuss mental health, self-awareness, and the power of resilience. Keep these quotes in mind when you need motivation or encouragement during your recovery process:

• “Be strong enough to let go and be patient enough to wait for what you deserve.” – Anonymous
• “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
• “Recovery is a process. It takes time. It takes patience. It takes everything you’ve got.” – Anonymous
• “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
• “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’ “ – Mary Anne Radmacher
• *”The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”_ – Ferdinand Foch
• *”Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”_ – Rikki Rogers
• *”I believe the smallest steps can have the biggest impact.”_ – Beth Frates
• *”When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”_ – Theodore Roosevelt
• *”Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain.”_ – John Bradshaw

Understanding and Coping with Mental Illness

Dealing with mental illness can be a challenging and often confusing experience. “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t,” John Green once said, reminding us of the power of therapy and the importance of maintaining hope.

In your journey towards personal growth and recovery, it’s crucial to find courage and strength amidst the struggle. Here are some notable quotes and their authors to help you on your path:

• “You don’t have to be a voice for everyone, just your voice.” – Demi Lovato
• “The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.” – Shannon L. Alder
• “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – Albus Dumbledore (J.K. Rowling)
• “What is broken can be mended. What hurts can be healed. And no matter how hard it gets, the sun will rise again.” – Winston Churchill

These inspiring words remind us that healing and growth are possible. Engaging in cognitive behavioral therapy or other forms of counseling can aid in managing emotions such as anger, shame, and anxiety.

Your pain is real and your experience is unique, but remember that the process of therapy is about growth, acceptance, and understanding. Don’t be afraid to seek help from a licensed therapist, and keep in mind the wise words of Thich Nhat Hanh: “Without being aware of suffering, you can’t appreciate happiness.” (Psychology Today)

So, stay open to the healing process and know that you’re not alone in your journey towards emotional wellbeing.

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Quotes About Therapy: My Insightful Take on Healing Words

I’ve always believed in the transformational power of words. They can inspire, motivate, and sometimes even heal. That’s why I’m excited to share with you some inspiring quotes about therapy . These nuggets of wisdom are not just for those in the therapeutic profession but anyone who appreciates the value of self-improvement and mental wellness.

As someone who advocates for mental health awareness, I know how important it is to keep pushing forward, despite what life throws at us. Therapy can be a crucial part of this journey – it provides a safe space for introspection and growth. And sometimes, certain phrases or sayings can encapsulate these concepts perfectly, giving us that little bit of motivation we need.

From psychologists to celebrities to everyday people like you and me – everyone has something insightful to say about therapy. So let’s dive into these powerful quotes on therapy , each offering unique perspectives on self-discovery, resilience, healing and the human condition itself.

Understanding the Power of Therapy Quotes

I’ve often found that therapy quotes hold a unique power, a capacity to inspire, soothe, and motivate. They’re not just words; they’re capsules of wisdom, condensed insights from years of professional experience. Let’s delve into what makes them so impactful.

Firstly, therapy quotes allow us to feel seen and understood. When we stumble upon a quote that encapsulates our thoughts or feelings perfectly, it’s like someone has held up a mirror to our internal world. It can be incredibly validating and comforting to realize that others have felt the same way we do.

Secondly, these quotes can serve as an anchor during turbulent times. When life gets overwhelming – as it often does – it’s easy to lose sight of ourselves and our journey. A powerful therapy quote can help bring us back to our path by offering perspective, hope or resilience.

Finally, therapy quotes are potent tools for self-reflection and growth. They challenge us with new ideas and perspectives about mental health, encouraging us to think deeply about ourselves and our experiences.

Here are some examples:

• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” – Carl R. Rogers
• “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung
• “We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.” – Brené Brown

Whether you’re in therapy or simply interested in personal development, these nuggets of wisdom offer valuable insights for navigating the journey towards better mental well-being.

How Therapy Quotes Can Inspire Change

I’ve often found myself inspired by quotes about therapy. They’re more than just words on a page, they can act as guiding lights leading us to self-discovery and growth. Let’s look at how these powerful snippets of wisdom can spark change in our lives.

Firstly, therapy quotes have a remarkable ability to encapsulate complex feelings and experiences into digestible pieces of advice. For instance, consider the quote, “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change,” from renowned psychologist Carl Rogers. This quote imparts an invaluable lesson on self-love being crucial for personal transformation.

Moreover, quotes about therapy aren’t just enlightening—they’re empowering too. They remind us that it’s okay to seek help and prioritize our mental health. A popular quote that comes to mind is: “It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself & make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.” – Mandy Hale.

Therapy quotes also bring comfort during challenging times through their relatability. Knowing others have faced similar struggles and made it through provides hope in our own journeys towards healing.

Furthermore, sharing these meaningful messages with others can foster empathy and understanding—crucial components for societal change. As Brene Brown eloquently put it: “Empathy has no script… Empathy is feeling WITH people.”

So you see? The power held within these simple therapy quotes is immense! Don’t underestimate their potential; instead let them inspire you towards positive changes in your life.

Famous Quotes About Personal Growth in Therapy

I’ve always believed in the power of words. They can inspire, heal, and transform us in profound ways. In the realm of therapy and personal growth, there are countless quotes that have resonated with many on their journey towards healing and self-discovery. Here, I’ll share a few that have significantly impacted me and others.

One such quote is by Carl Rogers, a prominent American psychologist known for his humanistic approach to therapy: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” This quote encapsulates the essence of therapy — it’s about accepting oneself fully before any transformation can occur.

Another poignant quote comes from Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist who survived the Holocaust: “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” It’s a powerful testament to resilience during adversity and mirrors the therapeutic process where individuals learn to adapt and grow despite life’s challenges.

Rollo May, recognized for his significant contributions to existential psychology once said: “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” His words reflect two critical stages in therapy: becoming aware of our thoughts and emotions followed by acknowledging them without judgment.

• Carl Rogers: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
• Viktor Frankl: “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.”
• Rollo May: “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

These quotes not only provide insights into personal growth but also shed light on why therapy can be such an effective tool for self-improvement. They serve as reminders that it’s okay not being perfect or having all answers figured out; instead, it’s about embracing imperfection while continuously striving for betterment.

Therapy Quotes from Renowned Psychologists

Ever pondered the thoughts of some of the world’s most renowned psychologists when it comes to therapy? I’ve dug deep into their insights and came up with a collection of quotes that shed light on how these figures view this transformative process.

Carl Rogers, one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research once said, “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” He believed in human potential for growth and change. It’s this accepting environment that therapy aims to provide.

Another influential figure, Sigmund Freud stated: “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” This encapsulates the essence of therapy; by embracing our weaknesses and vulnerabilities, we discover our true strength. It’s through navigating these vulnerabilities in therapy that we learn resilience.

Dr. Irvin D. Yalom has shared many pearls of wisdom throughout his career but one quote stands out: “It’s the relationship that heals.” This underlines the importance he places on the therapeutic relationship itself – not just techniques or approaches used.

Albert Ellis, known for developing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), had an empowering take on dealing with adversity: “The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own… You do not blame them on anyone else.” This quote emphasizes personal responsibility and empowerment – key themes echoed in many forms of therapy today.

• Sigmund Freud: “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
• Dr. Irvin D. Yalom: “It’s the relationship that heals.”
• Albert Ellis: “The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own… You do not blame them on anyone else.”

I hope these quotes inspire you as much as they’ve inspired me. They underscore the diversity of perspectives in the field of psychology and therapy, reminding us that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to healing and growth.

Quotes on the Therapeutic Journey: A Perspective

Embarking on therapy is a courageous step, likened to journeying into uncharted territories. It’s a sentiment beautifully captured in this quote by Carl Jung: “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” This underscores the transformative nature of therapy and how it can fundamentally change us.

I’ve often found that individuals underestimate the impact of embarking on such a journey. They view therapy as merely a set of sessions with a professional, not realizing that it’s essentially an exploration into their own psyche. Therapy is more than just talking about your problems; it’s about finding ways to make significant changes in your life.

One quote by Lori Gottlieb encapsulates this perfectly: “Therapy isn’t about getting answers from a stranger…it’s about learning to ask yourself the right questions.” I believe this hits home for many who have traversed through therapy. It’s less about seeking answers externally and more about stirring one’s own inner wisdom.

Another insightful reflection comes from Sheldon Kopp, who said, “All of the truly important battles are waged within the self.” Therapy provides an avenue for these internal battles to be fought and won. The individual steps out stronger, wiser and better equipped to face life’s challenges.

Lastly, I’d like to share an inspiring quote by Marsha Linehan: “People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement.” It starkly reminds us that while some wounds may be invisible, they’re no less real or painful.

In essence:

• Therapy is transformative.
• It involves deep introspection.
• The therapeutic journey involves battling internal struggles.
• Invisible wounds deserve recognition too.

These quotes offer profound insights into what therapy can truly entail. They serve as a beacon, guiding those embarking on their own therapeutic journeys, and providing comfort that they’re not alone in their experiences.

The Influence of Therapy Quotes on Mental Health Awareness

It’s fascinating to ponder the impact of therapy quotes on our understanding and awareness of mental health. These simple, yet profound expressions can be powerful tools in dismantling prevailing stigmas, promoting open conversations, and fostering a culture that values psychological wellness.

I’ve often marveled at the ability of a well-crafted quote to encapsulate complex emotions or experiences into digestible snippets. They don’t just resonate with those going through similar experiences; they also help others empathize and comprehend what it might feel like. For instance, consider this quote by Carl Jung: “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” It’s an empowering reminder for individuals grappling with traumatic events that they are not defined by their past but by their resilience and capacity for growth.

Quotes about therapy don’t merely offer comfort or inspiration; they’re instrumental in shaping societal attitudes towards mental health. A survey conducted by YouGov shows that 56% of respondents believe society has become more accepting towards mental health issues over the past five years. One could argue that increased visibility through various platforms – including popular quotes – plays a significant role in this shift.

Here’s a markdown table summarizing the survey results:

Furthermore, therapy quotes can act as conversation starters in both personal and public spheres. For example:

• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” – Carl Rogers
• “Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.” – Mooji
• “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein

Each of these quotes invites reflection and discussion, sparking dialogues about self-acceptance, emotional fluidity, and the potential for personal growth despite challenging circumstances.

So, while therapy quotes might appear as simple phrases or sentences on a surface level, their influence in promoting mental health awareness should not be underestimated. They’re small yet significant steps towards creating a society that acknowledges and respects the complexity of our psychological wellbeing.

How to Use Therapy Quotes for Self-Motivation

Let’s dive into how you can harness the power of therapy quotes for self-motivation. As I’ve discovered, these potent nuggets of wisdom can be instrumental in transforming your mindset and fostering resilience.

Firstly, it’s beneficial to identify those quotes that resonate with you on a deeply personal level. It could be a quote about acceptance, growth, or overcoming adversity – anything that really strikes a chord within you. Here’s an example: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change,” said by renowned psychologist Carl Rogers. This quote could serve as a reminder to foster self-acceptance while pursuing personal growth.

Secondly, consider integrating these inspirational therapy quotes into your daily routine. You might want to start your day by reading a motivating quote or use it as a mantra during meditation sessions. For instance, take this quote from Marcia Linehan: “You may not have caused all of your own problems, but they’re your responsibility now.” Using this as part of your morning routine could set the tone for taking ownership throughout the day.

Next up is creating visual reminders around your living space or workspace. Think sticky notes on your bathroom mirror bearing words like “Courage doesn’t always roar…” (Mary Anne Radmacher). Or perhaps use digital wallpapers featuring motivating quotes such as Viktor Frankl’s “Between stimulus and response there is space…in that space is our power to choose our response.”

Lastly, sharing these inspiring therapy quotes with others can also boost our own motivation levels. When we share something meaningful with others – say via social media posts or during conversations – we reinforce its message within ourselves too.

To sum it up:

• Identify resonating therapy quotes
• Incorporate them in daily routines
• Create visual reminders
• Share the inspiration with others

Remember, using therapy quotes effectively for self-motivation can be a powerful tool in your mental health toolbox. It’s all about finding what works best for you and making it part of your journey towards personal growth and wellbeing.

Conclusion: The Lasting Impact of Therapy Quotes

I’ve come to the end of this enlightening journey through the world of therapy quotes. I can’t help but feel a profound sense of appreciation for their lasting impact. They’ve offered comfort, inspiration, and insight into the complex world of mental health.

Therapy quotes serve as powerful reminders that it’s okay not to be okay all the time. They validate our human experience and encourage us to acknowledge our emotions rather than suppressing them. They tell us it’s alright to seek help when we’re overwhelmed.

Furthermore, they also demystify therapy itself. Many people have misconceptions about therapy – thinking it’s only for severe mental illnesses or viewing it as a sign of weakness. But these quotes highlight that therapy is simply a tool for understanding oneself better.

So let’s take a moment here to appreciate some key takeaways from these insightful nuggets:

• Therapy isn’t an admission of failure; it’s an act of courage.
• It helps navigate life’s challenges with more resilience.
• Everyone can benefit from therapy in different ways.
• A single quote has the power to change one’s perspective on mental well-being.

In essence, these thought-provoking quotes about therapy do more than just inspire us; they flip the script on societal views towards mental health and seeking help. And that, I believe, is their true lasting impact.

As I wrap up this article, my hope is that you’ll carry forward these messages in your daily life and spread awareness about the importance and benefits of therapy.

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Counselor Quotes

In life, we experience moments of joy and fulfillment, but there are also times when we feel uninspired or lacking motivation. During such moments, it’s important to remember that a few words of encouragement can make a significant difference and help us overcome our struggles.

Encouragement plays a vital role in achieving success, boosting self-esteem, and fostering personal growth. Whether it comes from family, friends, a life partner, colleagues, or a trusted therapist or counsellor, support from others can be incredibly powerful. However, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a strong support system, especially those who are far away from home or have limited opportunities to connect with loved ones.

Feelings of loneliness, isolation, excessive workload, and unresolved conflicts with loved ones can have a profound impact on our mental health. Even though we may choose to keep our challenges hidden, many of us secretly yearn for someone with whom we can share our worries. Opening up and seeking support is a crucial step towards taking care of our mental well-being, and an online counselling therapist or counsellor can provide the necessary guidance to help us overcome our concerns and regain emotional balance.

By breaking free from the constraints of silence, we can embark on a journey of self-discovery and learn to lead a fulfilling and happy life. Working with a counsellor can help us understand our own worth and reintroduce us to ourselves in a positive and rejuvenating way.

These inspiring counselor quotes and therapy quotes serve as a reminder to speak up, engage in self-reflection, and embrace the power of therapy and counselling. Let us shed the stigma surrounding mental health issues and take proactive steps towards our well-being. Through the guidance of a compassionate professional, we can find strength, healing, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Quotes About Counselor

“A good counselor can be the guiding light that helps you navigate through the darkest storms.”

“Counselors are the architects of inner healing, helping us build a solid foundation for a brighter future.”

“A counselor’s empathy has the power to mend broken hearts and restore hope.”

“Counselors are like emotional detectives, helping us uncover the hidden truths within ourselves.”

“In the hands of a skilled counselor, vulnerability becomes a pathway to strength.”

“Counselors provide the safe space where our fears can be faced, our tears can be shed, and our hearts can be healed.”

“A counselor’s words can be a lifeline, pulling us out of the depths of despair and leading us towards resilience.”

“Counselors empower us to rewrite our narratives, transforming wounds into wisdom.”

“Counselors have the remarkable ability to see our potential, even when we struggle to see it ourselves.”

“A counselor’s compassion is a soothing balm for the wounds of the soul.”

“Counselors listen with their hearts, understanding the unspoken words hidden within our silence.”

“Counselors hold the space for our growth, nurturing us as we blossom into our true selves.”

“Counselors remind us that seeking help is not a sign of weakness but a courageous step towards healing.”

“A counselor’s guidance can be the compass that helps us find our way when we feel lost.”

“Counselors provide the tools and strategies to help us navigate life’s challenges with resilience and grace.”

“Counselors are beacons of hope, illuminating the path towards personal transformation.”

“In the realm of counseling, vulnerability becomes a gateway to strength, and pain becomes a catalyst for growth.”

“Counselors are skilled navigators who help us navigate the intricate map of our emotions.”

“A counselor’s presence is a gift of validation, reminding us that our experiences matter and are worthy of attention.”

“Counselors are the silent warriors, fighting battles alongside us and empowering us to conquer our inner demons.”

Therapist Inspirational Quotes

“In the hands of a skilled therapist, healing becomes a transformative journey of self-discovery.”

“Therapy is a gentle reminder that you are deserving of compassion, understanding, and healing.”

“A therapist’s empathy creates a bridge of connection, guiding you towards your own inner strength.”

“Through therapy, you can rewrite the narratives of your past and create a future filled with possibility.”

“Therapy is a courageous act of self-care, allowing you to prioritise your mental and emotional well-being.”

“A therapist’s guidance can help you navigate the complexities of life and find clarity amidst the chaos.”

“In therapy, vulnerability becomes a source of empowerment, as you embrace your authentic self.”

“Therapy is a sanctuary where your pain is validated, your voice is heard, and your healing is nurtured.”

“A therapist’s presence creates a safe space for self-reflection, growth, and personal transformation.”

“Through therapy, you can uncover the resilience within you and discover the tools to thrive.”

Marriage Counselor Quotes

“Marriage counselors are the architects of love, helping couples build a solid foundation for a lifetime of happiness.”

“In the hands of a skilled marriage counselor, conflicts become opportunities for growth and deeper connection.”

“A marriage counselor’s guidance can reignite the flame of love and strengthen the bonds of partnership.”

“Marriage counseling is a sacred space where couples can heal wounds, foster understanding, and rediscover the joy of being together.”

“A marriage counselor’s wisdom empowers couples to navigate the complexities of relationships with grace and compassion.”

“Through marriage counseling, couples learn that love is not just a feeling, but a choice and commitment to each other.”

“Marriage counselors remind us that communication is the lifeline of a healthy relationship, and listening is an act of love.”

“In the journey of marriage counseling, couples learn to embrace vulnerability, rebuild trust, and nurture emotional intimacy.”

“A marriage counselor’s support can help couples weather storms, find common ground, and build a resilient partnership.”

“Marriage counseling is an investment in the future, a commitment to growing together and creating a love that stands the test of time.”

Guidance Counselor Quotes

“Guidance counselors are the compass that helps students navigate the path to their dreams and aspirations.”

“In the hands of a caring guidance counselor, uncertainty transforms into clarity, and obstacles become stepping stones.”

“A guidance counselor’s guidance opens doors to endless possibilities and empowers students to reach their full potential.”

“Guidance counselors are the advocates for students, ensuring they have the support and resources to succeed.”

“Through the guidance of a skilled counselor, students discover their strengths, passions, and unique paths in life.”

“A guidance counselor’s wisdom helps students make informed decisions and forge a meaningful journey of self-discovery.”

“Guidance counselors provide a listening ear, a safe space, and unwavering support for students facing challenges.”

“In the realm of guidance counseling, encouragement becomes the fuel that ignites students’ motivation and drive.”

“A guidance counselor’s belief in a student’s abilities can inspire them to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness.”

“Guidance counseling is a lifeline that nurtures students’ academic, personal, and emotional growth, paving the way for a bright future.”

Counseling Quotes For Students

“In the realm of counseling, students find the strength to overcome challenges and unlock their full potential.”

“Counseling empowers students to embrace their uniqueness, celebrate their strengths, and pursue their dreams.”

“Through counseling, students learn that their voices matter, their feelings are valid, and their stories are worth sharing.”

“Counseling is a safe haven where students can heal, grow, and discover the resilience within them.”

“A counselor’s guidance helps students navigate the complexities of life, relationships, and self-discovery.”

“Counseling equips students with the tools to overcome obstacles, build resilience, and thrive academically and emotionally.”

“In the journey of counseling, students realise that seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness.”

“Counseling encourages students to embrace self-reflection, develop self-awareness, and cultivate a positive mindset.”

“Through counseling, students discover the power of self-compassion, self-care, and self-acceptance.”

“Counseling provides students with a supportive space to explore their goals, values, and aspirations, paving the way for a fulfilling future.”

Therapist Friend Quotes

“A therapist who is also a friend is a rare gift, providing the perfect blend of professional guidance and personal support.”

“When a therapist becomes a friend, their presence becomes a comforting refuge in times of need.”

“A therapist friend understands the complexities of your journey and walks alongside you with unwavering support.”

“In the realm of therapy, a friend who is a therapist offers a unique bond of trust, empathy, and understanding.”

“A therapist friend is a listening ear, a shoulder to lean on, and a source of wisdom and insight.”

“The beauty of having a therapist as a friend is the knowledge that they truly comprehend your struggles and celebrate your victories.”

“A therapist friend provides a safe space where vulnerability is met with compassion, and growth is nurtured with gentle guidance.”

“The friendship of a therapist is an invaluable gift, offering not only support but also a deeper understanding of your journey.”

“With a therapist friend, you have someone who can offer professional advice while also being a source of comfort and companionship.”

“A therapist who is also a friend reminds us that healing and personal growth can coexist with genuine connection and friendship.”

Therapist Quotes Sayings

“A therapist’s words have the power to ignite hope and inspire transformation.”

“In the realm of therapy, healing begins when we bravely face our truth and embrace our vulnerability.”

“Therapy is a journey of self-discovery, where we unravel the layers of our past to create a brighter future.”

“A therapist’s presence is a sanctuary where wounds are acknowledged, emotions are validated, and growth is nurtured.”

“In the safe space of therapy, we learn that self-care is not selfish, but an essential act of self-love.”

“Therapy teaches us that our worth is not defined by our past, but by the resilience and strength we carry within us.”

“A therapist’s guidance helps us rewrite the narratives that hold us back, empowering us to create our own story of healing.”

“Therapy is a reminder that seeking help is a courageous step towards embracing our full potential.”

“Through therapy, we learn that it’s okay to ask for support, as we are not meant to navigate life’s challenges alone.”

“A therapist’s wisdom reminds us that healing is not linear, but a journey that unfolds at its own pace.”

“Therapy unveils the power of self-reflection, helping us discover the wisdom that resides within our own hearts.”

“A therapist’s empathy creates a safe space for vulnerability, where we can explore our deepest emotions without judgment.”

“Therapy is a reminder that we are not defined by our mistakes, but by the strength and growth we gain from them.”

“In therapy, we learn that self-compassion is the key that unlocks the door to inner healing and self-acceptance.”

“A therapist’s guidance empowers us to break free from the patterns that no longer serve us, and embrace new possibilities.”

“Therapy teaches us that self-care is not a luxury, but a necessity for our overall well-being.”

“A therapist’s words become a lifeline, offering guidance and support during life’s most challenging moments.”

“In therapy, we discover that our stories matter, and by sharing them, we can find connection, healing, and growth.”

“Therapy reminds us that it’s never too late to embark on a journey of self-discovery and create the life we desire.”

“A therapist’s presence is a beacon of hope, reminding us that even in our darkest moments, there is light at the end of the tunnel.”

Final Thoughts

In conclusion, the world of counseling and therapy holds immense power to uplift and transform lives. Whether through the guidance of a counselor, the support of a therapist friend, or the wisdom of a marriage or guidance counselor, these professionals provide invaluable support, encouragement, and insight.

From offering guidance during challenging times to inspiring self-reflection and growth, their words and presence have the ability to heal, empower, and guide individuals on their unique journeys of self-discovery.

May we embrace the power of counseling and therapy, recognising that seeking help is an act of courage and self-care. Let us celebrate the wisdom and compassion of these professionals, and may their quotes and sayings continue to inspire us to embrace our true selves, nurture our mental well-being, and create a fulfilling and joyful life.

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184 Therapy Quotes To Help You Get Through Your Mental Health Challenges

• Felix Prasetyo
• Updated March 14, 2023
• March 14, 2023
• Category    Inspirational Quotes

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Sometimes, life can be overwhelming and we all need a little extra support.

Whether it’s talking to a friend, family member or therapist, expressing our thoughts and feelings can help us better understand ourselves and lead to lasting change.

To help you on your journey of self-discovery, here are some inspiring quotes about therapy and mental health.

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• “The extraordinary freedom and power to choose comes with enormous responsibility.”
• “Therapy isn’t about fixing problems; it’s about growing strength, resilience, presence, connection.”
• “The best way out is always through.”
• “No matter how long or short the journey through therapy may take, remind yourself that every step forward matters immensely.”
• “Always trust yourself enough not just settle for any kind of treatment or therapist; find one who truly understands what you need most at this moment in time.”
• “We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.”
• “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
• “It’s okay to not be okay.”
• “We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.”
• “Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.”
• “Insight follows struggle; it rarely precedes it.”
• “The best way to help yourself is to try to understand why you are hurting.”
• “It’s okay not to be okay— doing your best is enough, no matter how imperfect it may feel.”
• “No one is perfect— that’s why pencils have erasers.”
• “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little deep sometimes… even if it feels like lying down in a tunnel with no light at the end of it…that just means it’s an opportunity for your bravery muscle perform some Olympic feats! So dig deep friends…you got this!”
• “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation about illnesses that affect not only individuals but their families too.”
• “We cannot control the wind but we can adjust the sails.”
• “At times healing may require realigning your thoughts with grace.”
• “Sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart that understands.
• “The only way out is through.”
• “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.”
• “You’re allowed to scream, you’re allowed to cry, but do not give up.”
• “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
• “It takes tremendous courage trusted someone else with your story when all along you have been telling yourself it isn’t worth telling at all.”
• “Courage doesn’t always roar – sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of day saying I’ll try again tomorrow.”
• “The only way out is through.”
• “Your story isn’t over yet; so keep creating the chapters worth telling…even if reading them takes some courage”
• “You can’t truly heal until you’ve confronted and processed your emotions.”
• “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
• “No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better”
• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am then I can change”
• “Your only limits are set by yourself”
• “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”
• “A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day.”
• “An understanding heart is everything in a teacher…and cannot be esteemed highly enough.”
• “Change happens much more easily when we realize the power within us to do so.”
• “When we meet ourselves kindly, compassionately & thoroughly: acceptance takes charge.”
• “The true power behind healing lies in being present with whatever you’re experiencing right now.”
• “Therapy isn’t about getting rid of all your problems, it’s about learning to cope with them and still be happy and fulfilled.”
• “Your thoughts are only true because you believe them.”
• “People in therapy are brave because they face their fears and doubts head-on.”
• “Don’t be ashamed if you need therapy; it means that you recognize the importance of taking care of yourself.”
• “One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.”
• “Therapy teaches us how to love ourselves more deeply and care for our own needs above all else.”
• “Therapy isn’t just talking; it’s real work that can lead to profound change.”
• “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
• “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”
• “Be gentle with yourself—you are doing the best you can!”
• “When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”
• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am; then I change.”
• “When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
• “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
• “We cannot think our way out of emotional pain – but we can feel our way out when it is safe enough to do so.
• “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval.”
• “Growth begins when we start to accept our own weaknesses.”
• “Every moment is an opportunity for transformation.”
• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
• “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
• “Be patient with yourself; nothing in nature blooms all year.”
• “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed; it means the damage no longer controls our lives.”
• “One day at a time – this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; do not be troubled about the future for it has yet come; live life with present moments.”
• “Sometimes people need someone just to hear them out without judgement.”
• “Be kind with yourself; creating things takes practice.”
• “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.”
• “It’s okay not to know all the answers right now, but don’t let fear keep you stuck in an uncomfortable place forever.”
• “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take the step.”
• “In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”
• “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
• “What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
• “It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.”
• “Help yourself before you seek help from someone else; take control and start changing your life freely by yourself first.”
• “You are powerful beyond measure; You have all you need within you already; Change is possible.”
• “Life isn’t about finding yourself; It’s about creating yourself”
• “Never give up hope; Your cannot tell what surprises life has in store for you down the road!”
• “There is nothing as powerful as a changed mind.”
• “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”
• “Sometimes our experiences don’t seem real until you talk about them.”
• “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.”
• “Healing takes courage —  and we all have courage.”
• “Stop focusing on how stressed you are & remember how blessed you are.”
• “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”
• “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
• “Without grace we are only half alive—running on caffeine, adrenaline, fear-based ambition… living from one fragmenting thought or emotion to the next instead of being carried forward by something larger.”
• “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.”
• “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.”
• “One faces the future with ones past.”
• “The curious paradox is when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
• “Even Albert Einstein said ‘peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved through understanding.’ Understanding comes from within.”
• “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.”
• “Successful therapy doesn’t depend on how smart or powerful or famous you are; it depends on how honest you’re willing to get with yourself.”
• “Begin at once to live and count each day as a separate life.”
• “It’s hard being vulnerable enough to allow yourself access these painful truths; but even harder if they remain unseen beneath your subconscious lies.”
• “Healing isn’t about becoming who you used to be…it’s about creating an ever-evolving version of yourself!”
• “Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”
• “If I cannot fly let me sing.”
• “It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”
• “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
• “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think.”
• “The way get started is to quit talking and begin doing!”
• “Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”
• “The only way out is through.”
• “The truth restores me continually.”
• “We cannot selectively numb emotions; when we numb the painful emotions such as fear, grief or sadness, we numb joy too.”
• “Wherever you go there is a piece of your heart left behind.”
• “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
• “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
• “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.”
• “Let your darkness be a reminder that even the night sky is littered with stars.”
• “I’m ultimately responsible for how I feel no matter what someone does to me.”
• “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
• “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
• “Therapy is not about fixing you, it’s about helping you to create a life worth living.”
• “Show me a person who never had to fight for what they want, and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t know the value of things.”
• “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”
• “Courage starts by showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
• “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”
• “There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page or closing the book.”
• “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”
• “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
• “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
• “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.”
• “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.”
• “If you want something you’ve never had before then you have to do something you’ve never done before.”
• “Every problem has its solution… Even if sometimes those solutions are not clear right away, they exist out there somewhere.”
• “Walking through your issues takes courage. It’s also necessary in order to find healing and grow from your experiences.”
• “Therapy isn’t about getting help for one specific thing; it’s about exploring thoughts, behaviors and patterns holistically — feeling heard without judgment and having an open dialogue with someone trained to assist you in ways you may not be able to alone.”
• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
• “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.”
• “Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have—the gift I was put on earth to offer others: myself.”
• “In therapy there’s no need to rely on anyone else’s explanations of what happened or why; we focus instead on gaining our own understanding through open-ended conversations focused on discovering new knowledge — uncovering during therapy our deepest understandings about ourselves.”
• “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
• “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
• “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
• “You cannot change anyone; you can only give love, courage, and support.”
• “Pain delivers growth; growth reveals truth.”
• “Explore yourself; accept yourself; forgive yourself.”
• “Therapy is not about being fixed but rather learning how to walk your own path.”
• “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
• “Change might not be fast and it isn’t always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.”
• “Therapy doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you; it means there’s something you want changed.”
• “When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.”
• “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
• “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
• “In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”
• “Often when people cannot find outward solutions they manage their distress by taking existential journeys inward; here great lessons can be learned about who one truly is and what one is truly capable of becoming.”
• “Taking care of yourself makes you stronger for everyone in your life…including YOU.”
• “When words are both true and kind they can change the world.”
• “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
• “Change begins with awareness.”
• “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”
• “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
• “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little deep sometimes.”
• “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s how you carry it.”
• “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
• “What lies beneath comfort is often courage.”
• “Nurture your minds with greatness, allow your souls the freedom to imagine, reach out into the unknown and make it yours own.”
• “The individual has always had to struggle begin be free; Overcoming adversity will ultimately lead its liberation.”
• “Strength doesn’t come from winning; your struggles develop your strengths.”
• “Decide, if you want a different reality, you have to start making different decisions.”
• “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
• “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
• “The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.”
• “Talk doesn’t heal, listening does.”
• “It takes time for a wound to heal, not just physically but emotionally too.”
• “Sometimes life has a way of giving us exactly what we need at the right moment, even if it may not appear so at first glance.”
• “Healing is an inside job.”
• “You don’t have to go looking for something outside yourself if you already have everything you need inside you already.”
• “The thing about unlocking trauma is that you don’t do it once; you do it over and over until gradually the wound begins to heal.”

Final Thoughts

I hope that these quotes on therapy have inspired you to take the steps necessary to heal and find peace. Remember, healing takes time and patience, so be kind to yourself as you continue on your journey.

Best of luck!

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Felix Prasetyo is the founder and publisher at Lifengoal, covering relationships, social skills, and personal growth. Felix holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, and has also contributed to other media publications such as Addicted2Success.com and YogiApproved.

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Counselling Quotes to Inspire and Motivate

You’re not alone in your struggles.

Sometimes, all you need is someone to listen.

You have the strength to overcome any obstacle.

Your mental health is just as important as your physical health.

You have the power to create positive change in your life.

It’s okay to ask for help when you need it.

You are capable of finding happiness within yourself.

Every small step forward is progress.

Life is a journey, and counseling can be your guide.

You deserve to be heard and understood.

Your feelings are valid, and it’s important to express them.

Counseling is an investment in yourself and your future.

You are not defined by your past, but by the choices you make today.

You have the ability to create a life filled with purpose and meaning.

Self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Counseling can provide the tools you need to navigate life’s challenges.

You have the power to break free from negative patterns.

Don’t be afraid to explore your emotions, they hold valuable insights.

You are worthy of love and happiness.

Counseling is a safe space for self-discovery and growth.

The first step towards healing is acknowledging the pain.

You have the ability to rewrite your story.

It’s never too late to start over and create a life you love.

Counseling can help you develop healthy coping mechanisms.

You have the strength to overcome any addiction.

It’s okay to put yourself first and prioritize your mental well-being.

Your thoughts do not define you, you have the power to change them.

Counseling is a tool for self-empowerment and personal growth.

You have the ability to turn your wounds into wisdom.

You are not alone in your journey towards healing.

Counseling is a gift you give to yourself.

You have the power to create a life filled with positivity and joy.

Your voice deserves to be heard, and counseling can help amplify it.

You have the ability to overcome any fear or anxiety.

Counseling is a pathway to self-discovery and self-acceptance.

You have the strength to make difficult decisions for your own well-being.

It’s okay to take a break and focus on yourself.

Counseling can help you develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself.

Your mental health deserves the same attention as your physical health.

You have the power to break free from toxic relationships.

Counseling is a supportive and non-judgmental space for exploration.

You have the ability to create positive change in your relationships.

It’s okay to set boundaries and prioritize your own needs.

Counseling can help you navigate through life’s transitions.

You are not defined by your past mistakes, but by how you grow from them.

You have the strength to heal and move forward.

Counseling can help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself.

You have the ability to let go of what no longer serves you.

It’s okay to ask for support when you need it.

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• Copies of quotes and images from the internet added to a visit summary emphasize what is discussed in therapy.
• When a patient makes a good observation during therapy, it is added to the visit summary.
• Younger children can engage with images of their favorite superheroes or cartoon characters.
• Patients may be more likely to keep illustrated visit summaries for the long-term.

As part of my counseling practice, I often provide an after-visit summary to my pediatric and adolescent patients, reinforcing the lessons discussed during our sessions (Anbar et al., 2015). For example, when we discuss the importance of positive self-talk during a session, I give my patients a handout with an image of a sign stating , “Think Positive, Be Positive, and Positive Things Will Happen.”

Usually, I cut and paste quotes and images from Google or Bing onto the AVS that emphasize what we have talked about. Also, when the young person makes a good observation during our discussions, I will type it in bold 24-point font into the AVS. With younger children, I include images of their favorite superheroes or cartoon characters. As a result, without any suggestion on my part, many of the AVSs end up on the bedroom walls of my patients or even in binders that the children review over time. Thus, the AVSs can provide ongoing reinforcement of the suggestions given in therapy .

With school-age children, the AVS sometimes turns into a “Deal Sheet,” in which I describe terms of a deal that will help my patients achieve certain goals . For instance, “Each time that Johnny uses slow, deep breathing to calm himself successfully, he will earn a small prize from Dr. Anbar.” Examples of small prizes include mini candies, shark teeth, small toys, or collectible cards (such as those related to sports or Pokemon).

With preschoolers, the AVS often becomes a story that the children help create, including by telling me what elements they would like to include and choosing pictures they would like to paste into their story. Typically, such a story deals with a character who has a struggle like the one experienced by my patient who is helping to compose the story. Through discussions with the patient, we come up with a coping strategy for the struggle, which serves as a therapeutic metaphor for them.

Over the years, I have found that I have used certain inspirational quotes on multiple occasions as they are helpful to many of my patients. In this post, I share the quotes that I cite most frequently.

Being positive

I teach about the importance of a positive attitude and use positive words as a first lesson for most patients. The following quotes emphasize the importance of positivity. When I first introduce them to my patients orally, I repeat them two or three times so that the words can sink in.

• “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you are right” – Henry Ford
• “What we think, we become” – Buddha
• “Leap and the net will appear” – John Burroughs

On facing challenges

Many conversations with my patients involve dealing with psychosocial and/or physical challenges. We discuss that while many things in life are outside of our control, we can be in control of how we react to our challenges.

• “When one door closes, another door opens; But we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the one that has opened for us” – Alexander Graham Bell. I add to this the idea that sometimes what lies beyond the open door turns out to be even better than what we leave behind the closed door.
• “Do or do not; There is no try” – Master Yoda. I usually follow up the presentation of this quote by explaining that when we try to do something, we leave room for failure. However, when we act, we usually achieve some measure of success. Further, when we talk about having tried something, it is usually in the context of having failed to achieve our goal. Thus, “try” is a word that implies failure and should be avoided.
• “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” – Lao Tzu . I often use this quote to suggest a good approach to large projects or life journeys, which can seem overwhelming.
• “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference” – Reinhold Niebuhr. This quote is very apropos for my patients who feel stuck when they persist in working to change something that is not in their control.
• “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” – Thomas Alva Edison . This is a good quote to give perfectionists who must learn to temper their expectations. I explain that people learn best through trial and error. Along the same veins, I provide this quote: “Your best teacher is your last mistake” – Ralph Nader
• “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional” – The Dalai Lama . This quote reinforces the idea that we can learn how to better cope with physical and mental discomforts.

For the anxious person

More than half of my patients suffer from anxiety as a primary issue or because of difficulties dealing with a physical or other mental health issue. I have found the following quotes to be especially helpful for these patients.

• “Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should” – Max Ehrmann . I explain that learning to accept and embrace the current situation is often the first step towards coping better.
• “I’ve had many worries in my life, most of which never came true” – Mark Twain. This is a good quote to cite in a conversation with patients with irrational worries.
• “Those who mind don’t matter; Those who matter don’t mind” – Dr. Seuss. People with social anxiety often worry about what others might think of them. I suggest that a person who is or can become a true friend is not judgmental. The opinion of unhelpful people should be given little weight.
• “Do the best you can until you know better. Then do better” – Maya Angelou. To the patients worried they are not good enough, I offer the idea that they can take solace in doing their best until they know better.

Life guidance

• “Life is a journey, not a destination” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. This quote is helpful for patients who are greatly concerned about their ability to reach a particular life goal. I explain that they should appreciate the nature and impact of the work they put into achieving the goal, and thus attainment of the goal is not the only way to achieve success.
• “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything” – Anonymous . This quote ties in with the importance of a positive attitude, e.g., looking at a cup as half full rather than half empty.
• Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible” – The Dalai Lama. This quote speaks for itself, as does another sentiment by The Dalai Lama, “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

Giving patients a personalized AVS can help improve their mental health care by allowing them to review what they learned about in therapy over time. Using quotes and images on the AVS allows the lessons to become more memorable and makes it more likely that the AVS will be kept around for the long term. The AVS appears to become even more meaningful and impactful when it contains ideas developed by the patients.

Anbar RD, Anbar, JS, Hashim MA. Use of an after-visit summary to augment mental health of children and adolescents. Clin Pediatr . 2015; 54:1009-1011.

Ran D. Anbar, M.D., FAAP, is board-certified in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics. He is the author of the new book Changing Children’s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center .

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77 Positive and Inspiring Journey Quotes

Embark on a journey of a lifetime with these inspiring journey quotes. Life’s a thrilling ride, filled with ups and downs.

It’s about braving the storms and cherishing time spent with loved ones.

So whether your path is spiritual, an exciting travel adventure, or just starting something new in life, let these quotes fuel your spirit for exploration and discovery.

Journey quotes to begin your path towards greatness

1. “Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is.” – Lisa

2. “The journey is never ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.” – Antonio Brown

3. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

4. “Sometimes its more about the journey than the destination.” – Jamal Crawford

5. “Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” – Arthur Ashe

6. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson

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7. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

8. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake

9. “Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin

10. “Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.” – Nadia Comaneci

11. “Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more matrure.” – Manoj Bajpayee

12. “Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

Life is a journey quotes

13. “Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.” – Oliver Goldsmith

14. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost

15. “Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.” – Lolly Daskal

16. “Life is a journey that have a lot of different paths, but any path you choose, use it as your destiny.” – Unknown

17. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli

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18. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

19. “Everyday you got a chance to make your journey more beautiful than yesterday.” – Nitin Namdeo

20. “Every day is a journey and the journey itself is home.” – Matsuo Basho

21. “Everybody has their own story; everything has their own journey.” – Thalia

Enjoy the journey quotes

22. “Enjoy the journey as much as the destination.” – Marshall Sylver

23. “Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.” – Benedict Cumberbatch

24. “Enjoy the journey and try to get better everyday. And don’t lose the passion and the love for what you do.” – Nadia Comaneci

25. “Enjoy the journey, the destination will come.” – Verghese

26. “Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.” – Joyce Meyer

27. “Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.” – Urijah Faber

28. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey

29. “Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.” – Chanda Kochar

30. “Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.” – Matt Biondi

31. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

32. “I haven’t been everywhere but its on my list.” – Susan Sontag

33. “You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.” – Les Brown

Inspirational journey quotes

34. “You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward.” – Aubrey O’Day

35. “Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.” – Pope Francis

36. “There’s no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker.” – Phillipa Soo

37. “I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.” – David Goggins

38. “We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” – Marcel Proust

39. “Though the road’s been rocky it sure feels good to me.” – Bob Marley

40. “We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.” – Earl Nightingale

41. “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs

42. “If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.” – Enoch Powell

Motivational journey quotes 

43. “Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.” – Tennessee Williams

44. “Gotta take that adventure in order to understand your journey.” – Jennifer Pierre

45. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

46. “The beauty of my journey is that it’s always been pretty unpredictable, so stay tuned.” – Andreja Pejic

47. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot

48. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi

49. “The goal is to die with memories, not dreams.” – Unknown

50. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” – Theodore Roosevelt

51. “The harder you work from something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Sudhashree Acharya

52. “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

53. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – ILHQ

54. “When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home.” – Rumi

Positive journey quotes

55. “You may only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West

56. “Every day you got a chance to make your journey more beautiful than yesterday.” – Nitin Namdeo

57. “Stay positive. Better days are on their way.” – Unknown

58. “Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.” – Ralph Marston

59. “You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” – Kate Morton

60. “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” – Richie Norton

61. “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.” – Drew Barrymore

62. “Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don’t think you’ve lost time. There is no short-cutting life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.” – Asha Tyson

63. “And suddenty you know…It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart

64. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

65. “Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.” – Michelle Obama

66. “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

67. “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

Journey of life quotes

68. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins

69. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett

70. “Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll

71. “You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.” – Erica Jong

72. “If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather

73. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

74. “Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.” – Germany Kent

75. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz

76. “Our lives are the journey we take to find our true selves!” – Alyssa Gonzalez

77. “Your braver than you believe, stronger that you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne

Which of these journey quotes were your favorites?

We all have the potential within us to be great.

But greatness isn’t about luck. It’s a choice.

We must choose to succeed and take steps towards it.

Remember, the path to success is a journey, not a quick leap.

Let these quotes inspire you to stay focused on your goals and dreams, no matter what obstacles get in your way along the path.

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51 Art as Therapy Quotes to Inspire Your Creative Journey

Hailey Collins

January 13, 2023

Art as therapy quotes are quotes that emphasize the power of art in helping people to heal, cope, and grow. These quotes can be inspirational, thought-provoking, and even humorous. Art as therapy quotes come from a variety of sources, including artists, philosophers, therapists, and other experts in the field. These quotes can act as a reminder of the potential of art to help us to better understand ourselves and the world around us. They can also serve as a source of inspiration for us to explore our creative potential and use art to heal, cope, and grow.

51 Best Art As Therapy Quotes

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”

“I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.”

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.”

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.”

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”

“Every artist was first an amateur.”

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.”

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

“The purpose of art is to evoke an emotion from within.”

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”

“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.”

“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”

“Creativity takes courage.”

“The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it’s to imagine what is possible.”

“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow.”

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

“The only way to understand [art] is to do it.”

“Art is not a thing; it is a way.”

“The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.”

“Art is the voice that tells us there’s something beyond the pain.”

Art as therapy quotes are a great way to provide insight, support and motivation. They can help us to remind ourselves that art has healing properties and can be used to explore our emotions and help us to better understand ourselves. Art can provide a safe place for us to express ourselves and can be used to create something beautiful. Art is a powerful tool for improving our mental health and can help us to cope with difficult times. As we explore art as therapy, we can look to these poignant quotes for guidance and inspiration.

• GoodTherapy.org: “Art as Therapy: What Is It and How Does It Work?”
• American Art Therapy Association: “What Is Art Therapy?”

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Looking for some holistic health quotes to motivate and inspire you on your healing journey?  Stop right here to get your fix!

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve loved collecting quotes.  Anytime I’d find a word, phrase, poem, or passage that connected with me, I kept it.  When I found quotes I loved I’d copy them into a journal or notebook, rip out the page from the magazine, buy the book, memorize it – anything to save the special energy the quote gave me anytime I read it.  

I filled journals, boxes, and drawers with all the quotes I collected over the years.  The quotes were about life, love, and even as a kid-they were often holistic health quotes!  They didn’t just sit and gather dust once I collected them either.  I spent time regularly in reflection re-reading them and allowing myself to receive any new downloads they brought through for me.  

I still collect quotes, especially holistic health quotes, to this day.  Being an intuitive and empath allows me the special gift of being able to connect to things with my energy.  When I read a holistic health quote that resonates with me, I know that a deeper message and lesson is coming through it.   As I revisit or rediscover the quotes over time each experience brings me a new reflection, a new message, a new lesson to learn.

Words are powerful and each carries its own unique energetic frequency and vibration.  Ever since I was young, I’ve been able to feel the energy of everything around me including words.  

I was taught by one of my mentors that each word, along with its energy, can never be taken back once its written or spoken.  It puts a permanent energetic imprint out in the Universe, and a powerful one.  

Believe it or not, the energy our words carry can travel anywhere and impact anything or anyone.  It’s really basic science.  The first law of thermodynamics, or the Law of Conservation of Energy, teaches us that energy can’t be created or destroyed.  Once words are created, they can’t be taken back- that energy can’t be destroyed.   

This is one of the reasons it truly is so important to choose your words wisely.  You never know the impact they can have, especially collectively.  Since the energy that words create can’t be destroyed, then imagine the potential consequences of millions of people speaking negatively over years and years.  The energy of those words accumulates.  It builds up into a massive negative energetic thought form and can impact groups, countries, or the entire world’s population in unimaginable ways.  

This has everything to do with our health and wellness, speaking of holistic health quotes!  But sincerely, please, consider this the next time you are about to react negatively.  Remember the words you choose will carry energy intentionally out into the Universe.  What kind of impact do you want to have on others?  Negative or Positive? 

For me, the quotes I found weren’t just words to me, they were ALIVE.  The energy I felt from them was so strong I knew that there was something much more to the world of health and healing than any human can see.  I knew that to be a great doctor, it meant believing and knowing that there are always going to be things and forces beyond our 3-dimensional understanding that have everything to do with our lasting health and wellness.  I still know and believe this today.

Today I’m sharing a little piece of my “holistic health quotes collection” from my archives. 

If you’re looking for some holistic health quotes of your own, these will make inspirational and insightful additions to your own library!  

As you read through these today, take your time.  Allow this to be a healing experience.  Rather than rushing, be present.  Take a deep breath in and fill your lungs all the way up – even more than you think you can – pause for a moment.  EXHALE and let go of all that stuff that isn’t serving you in this moment.  Truly experience these holistic health quotes.  What feelings come up for you as you read them?  What messages ‘pop’ in for you?  What lessons are hidden inside of them for you?

“Just because you’re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy. Good health is not just the absence of pain or disease but positively feeling good in the whole of our being, and therefore includes lifestyle, mental attitude, and ways of relating to all living beings and nature.”  ~Peter Shepherd

“If you think the pursuit of good health is expensive and time consuming, try illness.” ~Lee Swanson

“Be willing to do whatever it takes to be a warrior for your own health.” ~Jan Mundo in The Headache Healer’s Handbook

 “Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” ~B.K.S. Iyengar

“The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy.” ~Proverb

“The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.  Our food should be our medicine.  Our medicine should be our food.” ~Hippocrates

“To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” ~William Londen

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” ~John F. Kennedy

“The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body.” ~Harry J. Johnson

“It is health that is the real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver.” ~Mahatma Gandhi

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” ~Irish proverb

“Health is a state of complete mental, social and physical well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” ~World Health Organization, 1948

“The best six doctors anywhere – and no one can deny it – are sunshine, water, rest, air, exercise, and diet” ~Wayne Fields

“By cleansing your body on a regular basis and eliminating as many toxins as possible from your environment, your body can begin to heal itself, prevent disease, and become stronger and more resilient than you ever dreamed possible.” ~Dr. Edward Group III

“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.  The challenge is to silence the mind.” ~Caroline Myss

“Every negative belief weakens the partnership between mind and body.” ~Deepak Chopra

“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos- the trees, the clouds, everything.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.” ~Anne Wilson Schaef

“Health is more than the absence of disease.  Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.” ~Joycelyn Elders

“What you choose to eat is a direct reflection of the quality of self-love and awareness you’ve cultivated.” ~Jason Wrobel

“A healthy outside starts from the inside” ~Robert Urich

“He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” ~Arabian Proverb

“The patient should be made to understand that she or he must take charge of their own life.  Don’t take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop.” ~Quentin Regestein

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” ~Thomas Edison

“Natural healing is about taking control of your life and being responsible for everything that goes in and out of your body, mind, and spirit.” ~Richard Schulze

“When “I” is replaced with “we” even illness becomes wellness.” ~Malcom X

“The greatest wealth is health.” ~Virgil

“Health isn’t about being ‘perfect’ with food or exercise or herbs.  Health is about balancing those things with your desires.  It’s about nourishing your spirit as well as your body.” ~Golda Poretsky

“What drains your spirit drains your body.  What fuels your spirit fuels your body.” ~Caroline Myss

“It’s no coincidence that four of the six letters in health are ‘heal’ “ ~Ed Northstrum

“Your body holds deep wisdom.  Trust in it.  Learn from it.  Nourish it.  Watch your life transform and be healthy.” ~Bella Bleue

“Let’s build wellness rather than treating disease.” ~Dr. Bruce Daggy

“The greatest medicine of all is to teach people how not to need it.” ~Unknown

Do you love quotes or are you a quote collector like me?!

Share your favorite holistic health quote or any inspirational quote with me!

Thank for the journey into these wonderful and helpful quotes. Healing definitely a journey in aging effecting our healthy life.

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Quotes About Schizophrenia: Revealing Thoughts About A Misunderstood Disorder

With its potential to severely distort a person’s awareness of reality and ability to function in daily life, schizophrenia tends to attract both curiosity and fear. Hearing firsthand from people who have experienced this mental illness or spent their careers researching it may help to dispel the ignorance, confusion, and stigma that sometimes arise in discussions of psychosis. The following quotes about schizophrenia may offer an informed perspective on a disease that many people struggle to understand. 

We’ve included quotations about the science of schizophrenia as well as the experience of its symptoms and the stigma faced by those impacted. There are also several quotes offering hope and inspiration for those who have received a schizophrenia diagnosis. Schizophrenia can be treatable, and symptoms are often effectively managed with the proper support.

Hopeful quotes about living with schizophrenia

People may hold a variety of stigmatizing beliefs about schizophrenia, but a particularly common one may be the notion that someone with this illness will never be able to live a functional or fulfilling life. The following quotes may help to dispel this myth.

“I needed to put two critical ideas together: that I could both be mentally ill and lead a rich and satisfying life.”

— Elyn R. Saks

Despite her diagnosis of schizophrenia, Elyn Saks went on to become a lawyer, professor, and legal scholar who currently works to secure the rights of people with mental illness.

“Yes, my schizophrenia is a life condition, but I do not see my schizophrenia as a life sentence.”

— Bethany Yeiser

Like Elyn Saks, Bethany Yeiser is an author and mental health advocate who has experienced the positive effects of schizophrenia treatment. Yeiser is the president of the CURESZ Foundation, which works to improve the understanding and treatment of schizophrenia.

“In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable.”

— Kevin Alan Lee

Lee is the author of The Split Mind: Schizophrenia from an Insider's Point of View, which details the author’s experience of schizophrenia and suggests ways to improve how this condition is treated. 

“I didn't consider myself a drifter; I was just a victim of schizophrenia. I had gone 10 years without getting any kind of treatment. Once I accepted and cooperated with the treatment, I started to beat the illness.”

— Lionel Aldridge

A former professional football player who developed schizophrenia in his 30s, Lionel Aldridge made a significant recovery with the help of medication and therapy. He has served on the board of the Mental Health Association of Milwaukee and worked as a speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). 

Quotes about what it’s like to have schizophrenia

It can be hard to imagine what psychotic symptoms are like if you’ve never had them. The following quotes from people who’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia may provide some insight into this experience.

“Well, for the past 40 years I’ve had auditory hallucinations in my head, all day every day, and I can’t get them out. Every few minutes the voices say something derogatory to me, which discourages me a little bit, but I have to be strong enough to say to them, ‘Hey, would you quit stalking me?… Don’t talk to me — leave me alone!’”

— Brian Wilson

A famed musician and founding member of the Beach Boys, Wilson has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a condition that has features similar to both a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia and a mood disorder . 

“Consciousness gradually loses its coherence. One’s center gives way. The center cannot hold. The ‘me’ becomes a haze, and the solid center from which one experiences reality breaks up like a bad radio signal.”

— Elyn Saks

This quote comes from Saks’s memoir The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness. It describes her experience of losing her sense of identity — a common symptom of schizophrenia .

“One of the central difficulties of living with schizophrenia is the inability to anchor oneself in one's own body.”

— Esmé Weijun Wang

Esmé Wang is the author of The Collected Schizophrenias, a book of essays exploring both her own experiences with psychosis and the ways that society views people with the condition. 

“It started carefully and gradually, and I almost didn’t notice. It was like a nice summer day when the fog slowly creeps over the sky.”

— Arnhild Lauveng

A clinical psychologist who was hospitalized for schizophrenia as a teenager, Lauveng wrote a memoir about her recovery journey. Her quote here may refer to the experience of the schizophrenia prodrome , a preliminary stage of the disorder usually dominated by changes in mood, function, cognition, and behavior before severe psychotic symptoms appear.

“As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.”

— Mark Vonnegut

Pediatrician Mark Vonnegut was first diagnosed with schizophrenia and later with bipolar disorder. He’s written several books charting the course of his recovery.

Quotes about schizophrenia stigma

Negative attitudes and treatment from other people can significantly reduce the quality of life in those living with schizophrenia. The quotes below address the pervasive stigma associated with this disease.

“Sympathy for those afflicted with schizophrenia is sparse because it is difficult to put oneself in place of the sufferer. The whole disease process is mysterious, foreign, and frightening to most people.”

— E. Fuller Torey, M.D.

A researcher and psychiatrist with a long career focused on schizophrenia, Torey has worked to demystify this illness by calling attention to its potential biological causes.

“Perhaps we are the real experts in schizophrenia. Ask us. Involve us. Acknowledge us. We can offer hope to others who are trapped in the snares of this illness. We can show a light on the path toward recovery.”

— Andrew Dugmore

The founder of a charity focused on the power of nature to improve mental health, Dugmore has spoken out about the value of paying attention to the firsthand experiences of people with schizophrenia.

“A primary feature of the experience of staying in a psychiatric hospital is that you will not be believed about anything. A corollary to this feature: things will be believed about you that are not at all true.”

In her writing on schizophrenia, Wang frequently discusses the ways that people with mental illness can be marginalized by society, including having their perspectives and insights treated as unreliable.

“My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life.”

This quote from Saks may express the idea that the worth of a person with mental illness does not need to be defined by their progress in recovery. 

Quotes about the science of schizophrenia

These words from researchers and treatment providers who have studied schizophrenia may shed light on little-known features of this challenging mental illness.

“Schizophrenia doesn’t discriminate. It can strike the Ivy League-bound high school valedictorian or the star athlete as much as it can the impoverished kid from a broken home.”

— Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D.

While it appears to have a strong genetic component , schizophrenia remains difficult to predict. As this quote from psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman indicates, it can affect people in any segment of society. 

“In a California sample, people were more likely to describe their voices as intrusive unreal thoughts; in the South Indian sample, they were more likely to describe them as providing useful guidance; and in our West African sample, they were more likely to describe them as morally good and causally powerful.”

— Tanya M. Luhrmann and colleagues

In their paper on how psychotic symptoms vary from place to place, Luhrmann and her fellow researchers provide evidence that cultural factors may exert a strong influence on how hallucinations are perceived by those who experience them.

“We are more than just our genes. We are, in some way, a product of the people who surround us — the people we’re forced to grow up with, and the people we choose to be with later.”

— Robert Kolker

Robert Kolker is the author of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family. This book describes a family’s traumatic experience with schizophrenia and how their mutual relationships were interwoven with their mental health. 

Therapy can offer new perspectives on schizophrenia

If you’re interested in learning about schizophrenia due to concerns about your own mental health, discussing it with a therapist may be helpful. An experienced counselor may offer insight into your thoughts and feelings while suggesting evidence-based ways to manage any difficulties you’re experiencing.

For those who aren’t sure where to get started with mental health care, online treatment may be a convenient option. Locating a clinician with relevant experience is often easier when you can work with them over the internet.

Online therapy may make it easier to cope with worries, fears, and stressors, and it could also be useful if you’re truly experiencing schizophrenia. Some researchers have found that internet-based therapies can relieve symptoms of psychosis, such as auditory hallucinations and impaired social function. However, some individuals experiencing psychosis may need to seek in-person care.

Schizophrenia can be a difficult condition for many people to understand, but reading quotes from those who have lived with it and studied it may cultivate understanding and empathy. The words of those close to this disorder can be valuable aids in raising awareness of the complicated realities of psychosis. If you believe you may be living with symptoms of schizophrenia, consider reaching out to a licensed mental health professional in your local area or online.

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Once a physical therapy assistant at a corrections facility, Morgan Boyd aims to use her new DPT degree to treat underserved communities.

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FOR MORGAN BOYD DPT ’24 , the journey from her hometown of Chesapeake, Va., to USC is marked by diverse experiences.

A graduate of Norfolk State University , just 10 miles north of her hometown, the four-year scholarship recipient’s prowess on the softball field and dedication to her academic achievements were just the beginning.

After her undergraduate studies, Boyd worked as a physical therapy tech while she completed an accelerated physical therapy assistant degree from South University in 2016. With a new degree under her belt, she started looking for jobs to gain even more exposure to the profession and patient care.

“I wanted to do something that was going to be unique and interesting to me, but make a difference,” Boyd says.

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When she stumbled on a role on the Internet within the Virginia Department of Corrections looking for a physical therapy assistant, she decided to double-click.

“I hadn’t seen any PT-related jobs like it before. I learned the role was a part of a new medical team providing services to inmates in correctional facilities without having to take them out. I was like, ‘Heck yeah, I’m going to do that!”

As Boyd’s excitement soared upon landing the position, her family’s response was tinged with apprehension and concern for her safety.

“They wanted me to look for another job, but I’m a risk-taker anyway, they know that,” Boyd says, with a laugh. “I wasn’t scared, other than the usual ‘first day on the job’ nerves.”

Her roles as a physical therapy assistant and later as a site supervisor within the Virginia Department of Corrections were just what she was looking for — unique and impactful. Working with male inmates across various security levels, Boyd encountered diverse cases, from orthopedic injuries to neurological conditions.

“I’d see inmates who tore their ACL working out or people getting total hip replacements, and then there were people who are aging and going to be in there for life,” Boyd recounts. “So I got to see a lot, but you had to handle it a little differently than you would in a traditional setting because things move slower in there.”

Boyd described the other challenges, like staffing and funding, she witnessed within the correctional system.

“I treated an inmate who had multiple sclerosis whose symptoms progressed very quickly,” Boyd recalls. “Due to his heat sensitivity and the older buildings having poor air conditioning, there was limited ability to get his area cool contributing further to the progression.”

Working in the prison system not only exposed her to unique challenges but also instilled in her a deep sense of empathy and a commitment to holistic patient care.

“While it’s true that some inmates are there for good reason, you still have to treat them with respect and professionalism,” Boyd says. “I learned the value of treating the whole person that’s in front of you without bias, allowing them to feel heard.”

Open Road Ahead

Transitioning from her role in the prison system to pursuing a DPT degree program at USC was a significant change that Boyd embraced with high regard.

“You hear about the USC Trojans everywhere, but for me, it was the reputation for groundbreaking research and the physical therapy education specifically that drew me in.”

Reflecting on her time at USC, Boyd credits faculty members Noriko Yamaguchi DPT ’08 and Didi Matthews ’99, DPT ’02 for their mentorship and challenging her to deepen her skillsets.

“As students, we were pushed to really hone in on the minor details so that it becomes second nature and we don’t become complacent when we step into the profession on our own.”

While Boyd’s future may not lead her back to the prison system immediately, she remains open to opportunities where she can make a meaningful impact.

“My next chapter will focus more on underserved communities outside the system, but I’m not against jumping back in if the right challenge comes along!”

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Psychedelic Passage , a service that connects clients with their network of pre-vetted psychedelic facilitators, and Miraculix , which specializes in the analysis of psychoactive substances, are collaborating to improve safety in psychedelic therapy by incorporating Miraculix’s scientific expertise and analysis technologies into the client experiences managed by Psychedelic Passage.

Founded in 2019 by Jimmy Nguyen and Nicholas Levich, Psychedelic Passage has transformed access to psychedelic therapy, tailoring each client's journey from preparation to integration, considering over 20 variables like specialty and gender preferences. Their commitment extends to educating the community through resources like blogs, podcasts, and free monthly Q&As.

Miraculix, led by Dr. Felix Blei, Frank Junger, and Roxana Budnik, brings to the partnership a wealth of expertise in natural product analysis and the scientific understanding of psychotropic substances. Their QTest technology delivers precise analysis of psychoactive compound concentrations, crucial for safe psychedelic use and accurate dosage determination.

Miraculix's commitment to empowering individuals through informed decisions complements the mission of Psychedelic Passage, which believes in the fundamental right to explore consciousness using psychedelics in safe, meaningful, and sacred ceremonial settings.

This collaboration introduces an innovative initiative where Psychedelic Passage clients can participate in community research projects led by Miraculix. By using tools like Miraculix’s Psilocybin QTest kits , clients contribute to studies that enhance understanding of psychedelics, such as the entourage effect in psychedelic mushrooms. This not only enriches personal experiences but also adds valuable data to global psychedelic research.

"We're excited about this partnership," said Jimmy Nguyen of Psychedelic Passage. "Incorporating Miraculix's advanced scientific analysis into our services will improve the safety and effectiveness of our client's psychedelic journeys."

Dr. Felix Blei of Miraculix added, "Our collaboration with Psychedelic Passage is a significant step forward in our mission to enhance harm reduction and empower individuals with scientific knowledge. We're eager to bring our research and technology to a wider audience, ensuring safer and better-informed psychedelic use."

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Sydney Moore ’24, left, speaks with Jennifer King, the first Black woman to be named to a full-time NFL coaching staff, May 3 at Newman Arena.

First Black woman NFL coach shares journey through sports

By ben badua student and campus life.

When Jennifer King first attended the National Football League’s Women’s Forum in 2018, every one of the more than 40 women in attendance held jobs outside the sport. When King returned this year – every woman she met already worked in football.

“It just shows the tremendous growth that women have had in this sport,” said King, the featured speaker at “Breaking Barriers: The First Black Woman to Coach in the NFL,” an event held May 3 in Newman Arena.

“That’s something that the other women coaches in the league and I take very seriously,” she said, “just to be great [role] models and be the representation that we didn’t have for the people coming behind us.”

During an hourlong conversation moderated by student-athlete Sydney Moore ’24, King reflected on her journey through college and professional sports, and touched on topics ranging from the importance of diversity and representation to the growing opportunities for women in athletics.

A former student-athlete at Guilford College, King spent 13 years playing in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), a semi-pro, full-contact women’s league. She began her coaching career in college basketball and often worked other jobs to supplement her income, even serving as a police officer in her native North Carolina.

King eventually climbed the coaching ranks and in 2018 led Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte, to a 22-4 record and its first United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division II championship. Despite the success, King left college basketball the following year to pursue her dream of working in football.

“It’s so important for you to find something that you love,” King said. “Don’t be afraid to better yourself and don’t be afraid to make that leap into the unknown. When you get opportunities in life, you have to take them.”

Today, King is one of only 12 women to hold full-time coaching positions in the NFL. She broke into the sport as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College, and with the Arizona Hotshots of the now-defunct Alliance of American Football. After two years as a coaching intern with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, King accompanied then-head coach Ron Rivera, whom she met at the 2018 NFL Women’s Forum, to the Washington Commanders.

In 2021, King was promoted from coaching intern to the role of assistant running backs coach in Washington and became the first Black woman to be named to a full-time NFL coaching staff. Recently, King accepted an assistant coaching position with the Chicago Bears, becoming the first female coach in the franchise’s 104-year history.

“I’ve gotten to this point by being myself every day,” said King, who credited coaches and players she met along the way for making her feel welcome. “I think it’s so important for people to find places where they can have the confidence to know you don’t have to show up as someone else.”

While answering a question from the audience, King recalled her first day with the Panthers. Both a fan of the team and a new staff member, she nervously stood against a wall as Luke Kuechly, the team’s star linebacker, approached and introduced himself. While King appreciated the gesture, he needed no introduction – considering she had his jersey at home.

“That set the tone for everything,” King said. “I think we’re entering a new era in sport, where for a lot of these guys now in control, it’s not new for them to have women in these positions anymore. We have a lot of work to do, but I haven’t experienced a lot of the [negative] things you probably think I would have because people are so much better and we’re moving into a new generation.”

A strong advocate for continuing to grow opportunities for women in athletics, King remains involved with the NFL’s Women’s Forum, Women’s Sports Foundation, and her own organization, the King Group, dedicated to enriching the lives of kids through camps, experiences and community programs.

King also discussed the increased interest in women’s sports and the important lessons she and other women can gain from participating in athletics.

“All the things that can happen as a leader, you’ve already experienced,” King said. “You’ve been knocked down and life has happened to you as an athlete, and as you move into leadership roles, you know you’re battle-tested and can lead companies and organizations.”

The talk was sponsored by the office of Black Student Empowerment , in Student and Campus Life, and supported by Cornell Athletics and Physical Education; the Gender Equity Resource Center; and the LGBT Resource Center.

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Charles Kelley of Lady A opens up about his journey to sobriety: "I can't really say I'm sorry enough"

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May 10, 2023 / 8:13 AM EDT / CBS News

Lady A, the chart-topping country music trio, has been making music together for 17 years. However, in August of last year, the group postponed their tour to allow bandmate Charles Kelley to seek treatment for alcohol abuse. 

Kelley, who has won seven Grammys with Lady A, revealed exclusively to "CBS Mornings" that behind the scenes, his relationship with alcohol was taking a turn for the worse. 

"I remember joking, you know, with buddies," Kelley said. "I was like, 'Yeah, I'm definitely a functioning alcoholic.' And I said, 'I know I'm gonna have to stop at some point, but that's not today.'"

"And that was always kind of my little joke. It was, like, that tells you I kinda knew," Kelley said. 

Kelley said his bandmates, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, were also aware of the problem, and first addressed it five years ago. 

"It was the first time that they had really, you know," Kelley said. "We would have shows where they're like, 'Hey man, you might have had a little too much to drink that night.' I was like, 'Okay, well, has it affected how hard I work? Has it affected the shows?'"  

He recalls being dismissive to their concerns and quick with his words, leading to emotional and verbal outbursts. Although he did not engage in physical altercations, he recognized that his behavior was influenced by alcohol. 

Kelley also revealed how his drinking affected their seven-year-old son, Ward. 

"Cassie [Charles' wife] would tell me some stories about how little things that Ward would say that I didn't even know he was noticing. You know, 'Daddy's talking a little funny,' or, 'You and Daddy argue a lot,'" he said. 

Kelley said that hearing that his son noticed his drinking "crushed" him, because his son is the most important thing in his life. 

He told "CBS Mornings" he had tried to quit before, but had never tried going to rehab because he was scared, and associated rehab to those who have a serious problem with alcohol — not realizing that there are different ways that alcohol can impact people's lives. 

"What I've learned is, there's degrees of alcoholics," Kelley said. "You know, I think that's one of the things too that I want to even share is, like, just because you're not living on the street, or you're not waking up in a bush, like some stories you may hear, it can get there." 

However, this time Kelley decided to give rehab a chance for a month, and it worked for him. He credits a number of different tools in his success including attending "a lot of group meetings with other alcoholics," and having a case manager, as well as a device he blows into every morning and every night. 

He said this work is not just for his own wellbeing, but also for his wife, his band, and everyone else to know that he is checking alcohol.  

"Slowly, but surely, that has built the trust back that eventually I think that won't be a necessity," Kelley said. 

Kelley's wife Cassie said that the experience was difficult but ultimately worth, because the journey, as she learned, is just as much hers as it is his.  

She was surprised to learn about the amount of work she had to do when Kelley was in rehab. Initially, Cassie was upset and thought, "'You [Charles] did this. And now I have to do all of this work, too.'" 

However, she said she later realized that alcoholism is a family disease that affects everyone in the family system. She explained that she could have chosen not to do the work, but would have had to live with the unhealed trauma. 

Their marriage, and Kelley's drinking, came to a head during a trip to Greece. Kelley said he got into an argument with Cassie and turned off his phone, disappearing for the night and drinking with strangers. When he returned the next morning, Cassie told him he needed help and was planning to meet with a divorce attorney. The incident was a turning point for Kelley, who realized he needed to deal with his alcoholism. He flew directly to treatment, crediting his wife for pushing him to seek help.  

"It just makes me feel so grateful at how close I came to losin' it all," Kelley said. "And I think the thing that's hard is to know how much it affected Cassie the most, and my band, and the people around me. And how much it emotionally kinda wrecked them for a while. And that, I can't really say I'm sorry enough. And it's just gonna take time to rebuild that."  

Kelley's road to recovery includes therapy sessions with his group. Lady A launched their latest tour at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last month, featuring Kelley's original song "As Far As You Could," which he refers to as his goodbye letter to alcohol. 

Kelley said he is now sober and healthy, grateful for the support he's received from his bandmates, family and fans.  

"I feel a lot of love," Kelley said. 

If you or a loved one is experiencing a problem with alcohol, help is available via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

Gayle King is co-host of "CBS Mornings."

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MU Occupational Therapy Graduate Earns Doctorate in Midst of Health Battle

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In the midst of a kidney disease battle, Tajze Johnson '24 will earn his doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Methodist University this weekend.

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August 11, 2020 was a day Tajze Johnson ’24 will never forget.

He answered a phone call from his doctor who told him significant news: Johnson had kidney disease and needed to complete dialysis immediately.

“That day changed my life,” Johnson said. “But I’m able to mask all of the trouble by coming to class, fulfilling my future, and helping others.”

Fast forward nearly four years later, Johnson is still battling kidney disease, but he will also have the distinct honor of being called “Dr. Johnson” as he earns his doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Methodist University this weekend.

Journey to Occupational Therapy

Johnson grew up in Rochester, N.Y., where he learned about occupational therapy at a fairly young age. His mother, Makeba, who worked as a nursing manager at a nursing home, introduced him to physical therapy and later occupational therapy.

“From that point, it was all about occupational therapy,” he added. “All I wanted to do was figure out my path to getting there, and it was an interesting journey to say the least.”

Johnson completed an associate degree at Finger Lakes Community College and then a bachelor’s degree at Belmont Abbey College, all while working full-time as a general manager at an automotive retailer. He then finished a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration at Purdue Global while becoming a certified occupational therapy assistant through Eastern Virginia Career College.

But Johnson knew he wanted to learn more if he wanted to accomplish his dreams of becoming an occupational therapist, so his attention turned to Methodist University’s doctoral program.

“I was doing research and found out Methodist University’s Occupational Therapy program was the first accredited program of its kind in North Carolina. I wanted to be there,” he said.

It was around that time that Johnson found out about his kidney disease, making the task of applying to graduate schools even more challenging. But according to Johnson, MU’s faculty and staff made the decision easy for him to attend the University.

“During my interview with Dr. Meredith Gronski (Dean, College of Health Sciences & Human Services ; Director & Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy), she applauded my brilliance and resiliency to attend graduate school,” Johnson said. “Then, the first time I saw her in person, she took the first opportunity to get to know me and let me know that they were here for me.”

Excelling at MU

Johnson started Methodist University’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy in 2021, quickly developing his skills and knowledge in various areas, especially leadership, pediatrics, rehabilitation, intensive care, management, policy and procedures, and research.

In April, Johnson, along with classmates Christopher Harper ’24 and Raymond McCall Jr. ’24, even recently shared their research with the entire campus during Methodist University’s CRC Symposium Day poster sessions – explaining the general protocol for implementing switch-adapting and 3-D printed devices for people facing environmental barriers due to upper extremity motor impairments.

Gronski said it is one of the many examples of Johnson’s academic and personal excellence.

“Throughout his time in the program, Johnson consistently pushed MU, the Occupational Therapy faculty, and his classmates to be better,” Gronski said. “He is a true leader as he actively pursued and embraced any professional opportunity that came his way.”

While at MU, Johnson has served in the National Occupational Therapy Assembly of Student Delegates and was even selected for a national student research mentorship program.

Johnson’s leadership outside of the classroom stands out, as well. He started the first graduate chapter of the Black Student Union at Methodist University in 2022, helping host various events while creating a dedicated space for Black graduate students to gather and build community.

“One of the biggest things that my mother raised me to do was to always think of how to help others,” Johnson said. “It’s been one of my biggest missions to seek out other young men of color and tell them about occupational therapy. To see other people who look like me push the field forward is a beautiful thing.”

He also points to various Methodist University faculty, staff, and students for making an impact on his life over the last several years including Gronski, Harper, McCall, Sharon Jenkins (Office Manager of Occupational Therapy), Dr. Quincy Malloy (Chief Diversity Officer), and Gavin Myrick (Director, Student Belonging & Inclusion).

Perseverance Through Trials

One of the most difficult times during Johnson’s tenure came a few months ago. On December 26, 2023, as he

continued to battle through his kidney disease, Johnson received a phone call saying he might be able to receive a transplant.

A kidney transplant would take Johnson out of the classroom for an extended period of time so he immediately informed Gronski, who quickly developed a plan to make sure Johnson could continue to complete the program on time.

“I didn’t get the transplant, but it was the first sign that it’s around the corner,” Johnson said. “But to know that the faculty had my back during that tough time meant the world to me.”

Johnson’s personal health battle has sparked an interest in helping others going through similar situations. He, with the help of his fiancé Brittany, recently developed his own foundation to spread knowledge and information regarding kidney disease – an area they hope to work together in down the line.

The Next Chapter

As Johnson is set to walk the stage during Methodist University’s graduate commencement on Saturday evening, he looks forward to being hooded by his fiancé, who has offered continued support along with Johnson’s mother, father, brother, and stepfather.

“It’s exciting. Just like when I proposed to my fiancé, it will represent the start of a new chapter and a new beginning for us,” he said.

Following graduation, Johnson plans to implement a 14-week pilot program for occupational therapy’s role in organ transplants at Wake Forest Atrium. Long term, Johnson hopes to continue research in the organ transplant area while creating protocols for hospitals throughout North Carolina. He even has eyes on opening his own practice one day, a dream that would not be possible without Methodist University.

“Methodist University has changed my life for the better,” said Johnson. “It has given me opportunity. It took a chance on me when I was going through a chronic illness and believed in me. I’ll always be grateful for my time here.”

Methodist University’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy program was the first fully-accredited, entry-level doctoral program in occupational therapy in North Carolina and now offers a bachelor’s-level program training occupational therapy assistants. To learn more or to apply to either program, visit the program webpage .

Johnson’s story was also featured in the Fayetteville Observer .