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How Psychotherapy Retrains the Brain to Expect (and Feel) Better
June 5, 2017 .
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People enter psychotherapy with the desire to feel better, but they are often unsure how therapy will help them accomplish this goal. A common refrain from people hesitant to enter therapy ... Read More
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Therapy Isn’t Helping. Is My Therapist Stringing Me Along? April 28, 2017 . 12 Comments
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I am hoping you can give me an honest answer here. I have been seeing a therapist for nearly three years now and I just don’t feel like it’s working for ... Read More
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When Your Therapist Is Away: Their Break, Your Breakthrough
April 17, 2017 .
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Therapists go on vacation. Therapists need time off for health reasons. Therapists have emergencies. But what does it mean for you when your therapist needs a break? It can be difficult ... Read More
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Therapy’s Goal: Finding Pathology or Accepting Complexity?
March 30, 2017 .
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Labeling pathology in another person is easy. One teacher of mine said it’s like “shooting fish in a barrel.” Think of any person you know and, unless you’ve totally idealized them, ... Read More
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Ending Therapy Right: Why Saying Goodbye Matters
March 16, 2017 .
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Goodbyes suck. They really do. They’re often uncomfortable. They’re also inevitable. Goodbye experiences are as final as a death and as common as leaving the embrace of your partner ... Read More
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Thinking About Canceling Therapy? Tell Me About It
March 6, 2017 .
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Your next therapy appointment is approaching, and you’re wondering what you might talk about. Nothing “exciting” has happened recently. You’re not upset about anything in particular. ... Read More
