When the Click Happened: Redefining Healing Beyond Talk

A junior once asked me:

“Why do you keep doing so many courses? Isn’t counseling enough? How do you even choose which therapy to use?”

It was a genuine question, and it stayed with me.

Because the truth is, I no longer believe that just talking is enough.

If it were, we’d all be healed by now, through heartfelt conversations with parents, partners, friends, or even psychologists. Yes, they care. But care alone doesn’t always make pain disappear or break deeply embedded patterns.

That question reminded me of a powerful click I experienced years ago:

Healing is not one-size-fits-all. And therapy isn’t only about talking or digging into the past.

This realisation shifted my practice. I began to explore modalities beyond traditional talk therapy:

Arts-Based Therapy, Hypnosis,  Reiki, Crystals, Meditation, Access Bars, tarot card reading, Prayer and Cord-cutting. Intuitive, ancient systems that, when practised ethically, help clients reconnect with themselves in ways that words sometimes cannot.

Some of these approaches may not yet be extensively studied by Western frameworks. But many hold deep roots in culture, tradition, and the human psyche.

Clients don’t need to be pushed into talking before they’re ready. Healing can take the form of movement, energy work, silence, image, or sacred ritual.

That click taught me to stop guarding therapy like it’s the only answer.

Now, I ask: What is safe, helpful, and meaningful for this client at this time?

That’s when real healing begins.

As therapists, our responsibility is not to gatekeep healing, but to support it. Safely, Ethically, and Holistically.

I don’t want to push therapy as the only way. I want to create a space where clients feel empowered to heal in ways that feel true to them, whether that’s deep insight through dialogue or quiet transformation through intuitive practices.

Healing isn’t about endlessly analysing the past.

It’s about gently moving toward the self you’re becoming.

And sometimes, the work begins where words end.

Have you ever had a moment that changed how you understood healing? I’d love to hear what shifted something for you, big or small.