How Therapy Helps: A Clear Guide for Those Struggling with Stress, Anxiety, Trauma, Depression & Somatic Pain
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THERAPY
Khushboo Agarwal- Psychologist
6/30/20251 min read
If you're constantly overthinking, feeling emotionally exhausted, waking up tired, or experiencing tightness in your chest or shoulders with no medical reason, you may be dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, or unprocessed trauma. These conditions can also show up as somatic pains—aches and fatigue with no physical cause. This is where therapy can truly help.
How Does Therapy Work?
Therapy works by helping you understand what’s happening underneath your symptoms. It’s not just talking about your day—it's guided, evidence-based exploration of your thought patterns, emotional responses, body sensations, and past experiences that shape your reactions today.
For example:
If you're anxious, therapy helps you notice the thought spirals, breathing patterns, and triggers that keep your body in fight-or-flight.
If you're depressed, therapy can help you reconnect with your emotions, uncover the deeper stories you've told yourself, and slowly rebuild motivation and meaning.
If you've experienced trauma (recent or childhood), therapies like EMDR help your brain safely reprocess painful memories that still trigger your body today.
If your stress shows up as body pain, therapy—especially mind-body or somatic-focused approaches—helps you identify the emotional blocks behind your physical symptoms.
How Therapy Is Done?
In a typical online therapy session, you’ll meet with a licensed psychologist who gently guides you through questions and reflections. You’re not expected to “have it all figured out.” Sessions may include:
Naming the stress you carry in your body
Identifying anxious or critical thoughts
Using techniques like grounding, breathwork, or visualisation
Practicing new ways of responding to difficult emotions
Every session is confidential, trauma-informed, and paced according to your comfort.
How Therapy Helps Mental Health—Clearly
Therapy reduces emotional overwhelm, teaches you how to regulate your nervous system, improves sleep, lowers irritability, and helps with mental clarity. People often feel “lighter,” more present, and less reactive after a few sessions. It’s not magic—it’s rewiring how your brain and body respond to life.
How Therapy Can Help You—Specifically
If you’re tired of feeling on edge all the time
If you avoid emotions because they feel too intense
If your body feels heavy or shut down without reason
Or if you want to stop just surviving and start living—
Therapy is not just support. It’s a path toward reclaiming your emotional and physical well-being.
