If you’ve spent most of your life bottling things up, staying strong, or avoiding vulnerability, therapy can feel like foreign territory. You sit down, your therapist asks, “How are you feeling?” — and suddenly your mind goes blank. You want to open up, but you don’t know where to start or how to let the […]
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Catching feelings for your therapist can feel confusing, embarrassing — even a little scary. But it’s more common than you think. Therapy is intimate: you’re seen, heard, accepted without judgment. That can stir up strong emotions, including attraction. The key is not to shame yourself, but to explore what the feelings might be telling you.
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Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies we use — often unconsciously — to protect ourselves from pain, discomfort, or emotional threat. In therapy, these defenses can quietly shape how we speak, what we avoid, and how we relate to the process itself. They’re not signs of weakness — they’re signs of survival. But recognizing them is
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Therapy doesn’t stop when the session ends — in fact, the space between sessions is where real integration happens. What you do during the rest of the week can either reinforce your growth or keep you stuck in old loops. If you want to get the most out of therapy, here are small but powerful
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Therapy is powerful — but when you only have 60 minutes a week, it can feel like it flies by. You may leave wishing you had more time to unpack everything or worried you didn’t use the session well. The good news? You don’t need more hours — just more intention. Here’s how to make
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Therapy is often described as healing, cathartic, and clarifying — and it can be. But sometimes, you walk out of a session feeling heavier, not lighter. Worse, not better. That doesn’t necessarily mean something went wrong. In fact, it can be part of the process. Here’s how to understand and care for yourself when a
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