Therapy is designed to alter the way you perceive your life and its challenges. A good therapist helps you put things in perspective, tame emotional mood swings, and re frame problems. As you learn to re frame, your brain gets happier and healthier. Having positive thoughts and taking positive actions bolster positive brain pathways and thus ultimately lead to improved brain function. Several studies have shown that cognitive therapy (i.e., talk therapy that teaches patients to counter negative thought patterns by replacing them with positive thoughts) can enhance brain function.