Therapy helps in a number of ways.  It serves to offer support, expert advice, instill hope, teaches needed skills, offers insight into people’s personality, and reasons for self destructive behavior.  Further, it clarifies life problems, delineates what needs to be done to reduce problems and maximize pleasure and joy.  It offers a unique opportunity to alleviate overt symptoms of anxiety, anger or depression in a fairly rapid manner.  It increases a person’s productivity, assertiveness and financial status.