In one sentence, describe what the following article is about:

A therapist can: Be an understanding and supportive listener. Help you develop your ability to cope with life's difficulties. Help you develop some of your life-skills: more effective communication, better problem-solving, better impulse-control, etc. Help you look at your problems in different ways and with a different perspective. Help you gain more insight into your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. Work with you to help you make changes in how you function and feel. Offer advice on how to find services which they aren't able to provide. A therapist cannot: Undo hurt feelings and painful events. Change other people in your life, and cannot tell you how to change them, either. Create instantaneous change in you. Personal change requires hard and dedicated work. Write a brief (two or three sentences) summary of this using the above steps on what a therapist can and cannot do. Spend some time thinking about what exactly you want help with and what you envision the end result to be.

Summary:
Know what a therapist can do. Know what a therapist cannot do. Determine what part of your problem can be helped by a therapist.