Can a person with a happy family get depression?
Defining a “happy” family is not that simple. A family who is happy 75% of the time? Nobody is happy [...]
I have made a lot of progress in therapy over the past 3 years. Yet I feel out of control when my therapist leaves in holidays. What can I do to maintain stability when he’s away?
That’s an excellent question. Ideally it’s something you should discuss with your therapist but I’m guessing you probably have. I [...]
After hugging my therapist twice (I asked), he had told me that he can’t hug me anymore because it’s forbidden in therapy. Did he act professionally?
While there isn’t one way to act professionally as a therapist, setting appropriate boundaries is essential. Some therapists will disclose [...]
My new therapist doesn’t like me, I am unperturbed. However, he suggested that I don’t need therapy and am using it as a crutch. I disagree, how do I handle this with him?
I don’t know exactly how or why you’ve determined he doesn’t like you. This sounds like a projection/distortion. If he’s [...]
Therapists, do you think of your clients when therapy has ended? How do you draw the line between thinking about them too much and (sorry for this) being human?
Yes, I often think of clients after therapy has ended. This question can be read different ways. You may be [...]
What can I try when CBT and DBT therapy didn’t work? Yes, I put in 100% several times and over many years. I’ve tried talk therapy with several different types of mental health professionals and always get the same advice.
Advice is rarely helpful. CBT and DBT are more focused on changing the behaviors, as opposed to addressing the underlying [...]
Will my therapist be annoyed when I tell her that I’ve been feeling depressed lately? She’s asked me about it before but I told her I’ve been feeling OK. It just took me a while to connect the dots between the symptoms.
A therapist getting annoyed by a client telling them they are depressed would be like a medical doctor getting annoyed [...]
If only my therapist sees my childhood as traumatic and emotionally neglectful, did it happen or did I just make all that pain up?
While our memories are constantly revised and recreated, it doesn’t matter if things happened exactly in such and such a [...]
As a therapist, have you ever snapped at a patient for what you believe(d) to be a valid reason? What was it?
I don’t really think there is a valid reason for “snapping” at a patient. That said, I’ve definitely found myself [...]