Good indicators of when you should seek therapy are when you're having difficulties at work, your ability to concentrate is diminished or when your level of pain becomes uncomfortable. However, you don't need to wait until the pain becomes unbearable. You don't even have to be "sick" to benefit from therapy. Psychotherapy is more than a treatment of mental illness, some difficult issues we face in life are part of normal development. Sometimes it's helpful to see what you're going through is quite normal.

If you are questioning if you should go into counseling that is probably the best indicator that you should . You should trust your instincts. If you're not playing some, working some, and learning some, then you're out of balance.

American Counseling Association recommends counseling when you:

• Spend 5 out of 7 days feeling unhappy
• Regularly cannot sleep at night
• Are taking care of a parent or a child and the idea crosses your mind that you may want to hit that person
• Have lost someone or something (including your job)
• Have a chronic or acute medical illness
• Can no longer prioritize what is most important in your life
• Feel that you can no longer manage your stress
• Relationship Problems
• Family Concerns
• Problematic coping mechanisms such as excessive shyness, weak communication, lack of assertiveness, or poor anger control.
• Having sexual problems
• Being the victim of Trauma or Abuse
• Wanting to overcome obstacles that have kept you from reaching your goals and becoming the person you want to be.
• Career issues affecting all parts of your life - family, friends, and even your sense of who you are.