Therapy Session
Therapists share the best ways to approach someone about seeking help from a mental health professional.
Recently, more unscripted shows have been showing therapy for what it actually is: normal and undramatic.
Here’s when mental health professionals need to report what a client does or says during a therapy session.
Preparing for your first session with a new therapist can be a bit nerve wracking. Sharing your pain and vulnerabilities with a perfect stranger can feel foreign and even daunting. If you notice yourself feeling nervous, don't worry, it is totally normal.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
In technical terms my thoughts about Dr. K and his car were bits of transference -- feelings related to other important figures in my life that I transferred onto him. This transferential moment could have been an important opening, enabling this therapy to get off the ground.
A psychotherapist's main job is to act as a guide in your recovery and healing process. They are not there to necessarily give you all the answers, but help you find your own way to those answers.