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The Winding Path: Why Therapy Rarely Goes in a Straight Line
There is a graphic that circulates around the internet from time to time that captures something most therapists wish they could tell every new client before their first session. The top half shows how we want therapy to be: a clean, straight line from "struggle" to "start therapy" to "feel better." The bottom half shows how therapy actually is: a winding, looping, doubling-back journey through confusion, feeling worse, relearning, introspecting, feeling better, getting trigg
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5 Signs It Might Be Time to Try Therapy
Thinking about therapy but not sure if you really need it? You are not alone. One of the most common things people say when they finally start therapy is some version of: "I wish I had done this sooner." The barrier is rarely that therapy is unavailable; it is that most of us have been taught, in one way or another, that we should be able to handle things on our own. That struggling quietly is just part of life. That things have to get really bad before asking for help is jus
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