Worried About Being Judged in Therapy? Here’s What Your Therapist Really Thinks About You
If you’ve ever left a therapy session replaying what you just said, you’re not alone. Doing this can have benefits and drawbacks. On the one hand, thinking about things from your therapist’s perspective can help you have insight into your own thoughts. On the other hand, you might find yourself leaving with a worry that your therapist is judging you as inept, unintelligent, or just plain whiny. The latter is a common fear, but a fear that is not usually helpful. After all, therapy often involves talking about things we don’t usually say out loud, so of course it’s going to feel a bit scary. In my ten years as a therapist in downtown Hamilton…
Do I need therapy? Here’s 8 ways you can tell
When life gets tough, many people tend to just accept (often with a huge sigh) that "life is hard” and think their problems don’t warrant an appointment with a therapist. Many people suffer in silence for too long because they don’t understand how a therapist can help them. Spoiler alert: You don’t have to have extreme mental health problems OR a mental health diagnosis to make good use of a therapist. Take it from me, a Registered Psychotherapist who’s seen hundreds of clients facing a variety of life challenges!
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