Therapy is not a passive process; changing our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and beliefs is an intense, yet incredibly rewarding process.

In the therapeutic relationship, clients will learn several skills and strategies for developing insight, better understanding their emotions, and having healthier relationships with their environment. Practicing these skills is essential for making progress and feeling better in the long run. Not only does regular practice help you feel more confident about your abilities, but it also helps solidify new behaviors and thinking patterns, so that they become second nature over time.

One of the most important reasons to practice what you’ve learned in therapy is because it can be incredibly difficult to make lasting changes without doing so. It’s easy enough to talk about changing behavior or thoughts during a session, but actually putting those ideas into action takes effort and dedication on your part outside of sessions as well.

When we don’t actively work on our goals between sessions, we tend not to see any real improvement over time – which can easily lead us back into old habits or patterns that were causing distress before starting therapy.

Think of it like stretching in order to improve your flexibility: If you only stretch when you are meeting with your therapist, you will most likely not be developing the flexibility and range of motion that you would get with stretching a little each day.

Practicing therapeutic techniques outside of the session also allows for opportunities for self-reflection when there isn’t someone else present to guide you through each step – this provides valuable insight into our own thought processes and reactions that might otherwise go unnoticed if left unchecked. Additionally, practicing will give you more confidence when using these tools during future conversations with others; knowing how something works from experience makes it easier (and less intimidating) than having just heard about them once before without ever trying them out yourself first hand!

Finally – taking consistent action towards achieving one’s goals creates momentum, which leads toward greater success overall. By regularly engaging with new strategies and techniques learned in therapy sessions, individuals are able to increase their chances of creating meaningful change and growth throughout their lives – even after completing treatment!