Therapeutically correct?!?!

I believe in shopping and exercising as forms of therapy. Being a therapist, by education and credentials,at least, I am a huge advocate of the traditional, one on one, sit down and talk-it-out type of therapy. However, I am not opposed to people choosing various forms of expression to cope or work through their personal life stressors. Besides most therapists' goals are to help people identify their emotions, gain insight and develop some positive and healthy coping skills....... Therefore, am I wrong for using fashion, creativity and shopping as a form of catharsis? Of course, we should all emote and look within ourselves and identify the sources of our woes, but we should also have various outlets as a means of coping.
Now,I don't believe in coincidences, just divine intervention.......the topic of shopping/fashion vs. therapy was on my mind prior to blogging. When I began to read my daily bread this a.m., the topic was about "The new religion" and you guessed it, shopping was identified as the new religion(for some people at least).......talk about divine intervention! Perhaps this was GOD telling me that shopping, music, exercise or any other hobby should not take precedence over meditation, spirituality or therapy. Balance is key in this journey we call life! To be a holistically healthy person,there should be balance between spirituality, career, family, friends and hobbies. Of course GOD/spirituality should be at the head of the balance beam and everything else should fall in place. This does take some work. I encourage every person to strategize what they imagine their life to look like and make it look that way. GOD knows that I am...... which leads back to the subject at hand........
I feel excited, refreshed and motivated after I have eaten a good turkey burger, prayed and created a fly outfit via shopping (a good sermon totally rocks my socks too!)! So after expressing myself creatively via a mini shopping spree, I have emoted and used catharsis to the max! I only think it is a problem if it causes significant impairment in my daily functioning and livelihood(can you say addiction?!). Now, if one chooses to use shopping as their only means of coping..uh ooh, watch out! There is a therapeutic faux pax on hand, and that person will need an emotional makeover..so find a local therapist, if you have to, find a friend, cousin, or sibling to talk it out with...nothing wrong with a little bargain shopping for a therapist. If one of those persons aren't suitable,let go of the stigma attached to being involved in therapy and jump right in, it's an enlightening experience!
Find a happy median in being spiritually, emotionally and fashionably correct! Start looking good on the out side, then work your way on the inside or vice versa,whichever is in most need of a makeover for you! Nobody likes a "dressed up garbage can"!

~peace, blessings and couture!