While medications are often helpful for people suffering from depression, anxiety, or mood swings, these symptoms usually are rooted in psychological issues, such as past traumas, difficulties with relationships, self-esteem, or inhibitions which interfere with success in school or work. Psychotherapy offers the opportunity to alleviate such problems by helping an individual understand him or herself, and what he or she is struggling with, more clearly and deeply. The relationship with the therapist, founded on safety, privacy, and trust, allows the individual to address psychological conflicts from which the symptoms arose in the first place, and opens avenues for growth toward more optimal functioning and greater happiness in life
