Tyler Posey of MTV’s Teen Wolf is just 25 years old and he’s ridiculously good looking like a lot of young stars. We haven’t really talked about him except when he was dating Bella Thorne, although they broke up at some point late last year. Tyler has an interview with Page Six which was conducted while he was at the JED Foundation’s annual gala. The JED Foundation is aimed at protecting teen’s mental health and preventing suicide, so that’s why he discussed the topic of therapy. He said that he’s been in therapy for years and that it’s helped him, and I was so impressed by how candid and open he was that I wanted to talk about it. Here’s some of what he said:
Tyler Posey isn’t afraid to admit he needs help sometimes.
“I’ve struggled a lot with therapy because it’s got a stigma to it and also it’s really gotta work for you, I’ve found. As open as you can be about it and as willing as you want to kind of experiment with therapy you still have to find the right person that speaks to you and feels like a good fit for you,” the “Teen Wolf” actor told Page Six at the JED Foundation’s 16th annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street Monday.
“The best thing about it is getting it all out there. Whatever you have on your chest it just feels really good to talk to somebody who you have no ties to … so I think therapy is great. I think everyone should try it out,” the 25-year-old continued.
Posey first struggled with depression after losing his mother to breast cancer and calling off his engagement to his former fiancée Seana Gorlick, both in 2014, so he turned to therapy to deal with his grief. Since experiencing the benefits of mental health services, Posey has inspired those closest to him to also try it.
“Taking even one therapy session is just one step in the right direction to getting help and getting better, so I think it’s great. I love it. I’ve convinced a lot of my friends to get into therapy, and they’ve given it a shot. Sometimes it’s not for everybody at that time,” Posey explained, adding that he’s started to reduce his sessions because of the improvements he’s seen.
“Right now I’m somewhat OK and mentally stable that I don’t need to be in it a couple of times a week, whereas other phases of my life I felt like I needed it at least a couple of times a week. Therapy just kind of gives you resources to manage your life outside of therapy, so you can kind of ween yourself off of it a little bit.”
For those afraid to go, Posey assured it’s a “safe place.”
[From Page Six]
I wish more young people would be both open to going to therapy and as outspoken about it. It would go a long way to reduce the stigma around it as Tyler is mentioning, as would more people admitting that they take antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication. Therapy is expensive though. I live in a rural area and it’s about $100 an hour, but from what I understand that’s cheap and it can be more costly in urban areas. Plus you have to work with more than one person in a lot of instances before you find a therapist that can help you. When I was in college I had some very good counselors from school but as an adult, the couple of times I’ve tried, I haven’t had as much luck. I don’t know if that’s because I’m more closed to therapy, because I haven’t found the right fit for me, or some combination of those things. This interview reminded me that I should give it another try though.
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