I am alive today very much due to the support and intervention and skills I benefitted from through my years in therapy. I know that without a doubt. I went from a person wracked with shame and depression, anxiety and crippling flashbacks, to an woman able now to stand on my own, very much alive, very much whole, more stable now than at any previous point in my life much in part to the consistency of support and skilled guidance of several therapists and one particular psychiatrist. I no longer am in therapy because I no longer require that kind of outside support system as those therapists helped me find my own ability to cope healthily with life and to accept and rely on the loving support of my family and friends.