A therapist which is also known as a psychotherapist, are licensed mental health specialists whose focus is in helping clients develop better cognitive and emotional skills, reducing symptoms of mental illness and coping mechanisms to be used with various life challenges to improve their life. A therapist helps their clients find their strengths and courage to confront and make sense of any of their difficult emotions and experiences they may have gone through and will go through, so they can learn to thrive. They offer support, positivity, compassion, guidance, accountability, a listening ear and fair clinical advice that they know their client needs. Therapists can work with clients either in person or online, to help with symptoms of their mental health. A list of common services that therapists offer their clients include: • Listening • Analyzing present problems • Analyzing any influences from the past or the present • Comforting clients • Helping clients without any bias that a friend or family may have • Diagnosing mental health conditions • Reducing symptoms of a client’s mental health illness • Helping clients to manage their own symptoms of mental illness • Helping clients to change their maladaptive behaviors and thinking patterns • Teaching emotional, cognitive and communication skills • Teach clients how to effectively resolve emotional, relational and professional conflicts • Guiding their clients through any breakdowns like breakups, abuse, suicidal thoughts, grief, infidelity, sexual assault and much more • Teaching clients how they can improve their current relationships and build new ones better • Teaching client’s self-help and coping mechanisms such as deep breathing, meditation, thinking exercises and more • Referring some clients to psychiatrists or mental health facilities/medical professionals if deemed necessary • Helping clients to learn to love themselves • Reducing the stigma and shame that many bring with mental illness and therapy