How would this help you, though? I would think for therapy to work, you have to go through the process of challenging your own unhelpful thoughts and beliefs an

How would this help you, though? I would think for therapy to work, you have to go through the process of challenging your own unhelpful thoughts and beliefs and then act in a way to reinforce new thoughts and beliefs which are more useful. The therapist is someone who knows which questions to ask to help you with the first part (as well as provide emotional support), but the second part has to be done 100% by yourself. This is a very difficult thing to do. Just reading about other people's life challenges may help motivate you a little bit, but otherwise the hardest part is making the change yourself.