And when did folks start taking offense for pointing out that therapy is about meaningful change?

This is the way.

My therapist didn’t say anything to me. She noticed my body seeming to collapse under the weight of my distress, my grief. She waited quietly, attentively until I said, “I think I know what I need to do”.

Kemtrup I wonder if ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 is the most important quality in a therapist. Humility acknowledges the limits of what we can know and do. It’s also an ability to take the focus off of oneself. The gruff person might be humble while the saccharine sweet one could be quite arrogant.

When I consult on cases where psychotherapy feels stuck, the problem nearly always comes down to the same thing. From the get go, therapist and patient never developed a shared understanding of the *purpose* of the therapy. Let alone clarified: 1️⃣what about the patient is

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When there's clarity both patients and therapists can make better decisions. This article from Jonathan Shedler brings us some clarity on the effectiveness of one widely touted treatment (СВТ)

No matter what wellness grifters say, there’s no magic technique to “release” trauma (whatever that means) Real treatment goes like this: “Psychotherapy cannot erase painful memories. What psychotherapy can do is develop a person’s ability to become aware of their intrusion,

“Patients coming for therapy usually expect to begin therapy. They do not realize there are many different places one might begin. This pull simply to begin can be contagious, and the therapist, in empathic response, may find herself ‘beginning’ without having clearly thought

Dear hubby: add this to my Christmas wish list!

Yay! Dr. Max is back for season 2 with a great listen!

Louder for the people in the back!