I believe that people are innate problem solvers. However, in order to solve problems successfully, we need three key ingredients: information, capacity, and skills. People often tell me they have a sense of what to do but struggle to implement them for reasons they don’t fully understand. Ideally, therapy isn’t about solving the problem for you, it’s about exploring the problem with you. Most importantly, therapy is about honing your ability to develop your methods to get them. I like to describe therapy as being an editor of the story you’re writing—they’re your words and it’s your story, but one can get lost in how to be an effective story-teller. A good editor serves as a guide to help you, the author, produce your best work.