My therapist

Love is always complicated, but rarely as complex as the love felt for a therapist. Although it’s often dismissed, buried, or even shamed, loving your therapist is deeply human, and often, a sign that therapy is working. Love has many nuances and many potential expressions (some of which can be highly problematic in a therapeutic relationship) but the felt experience of love is a positive sign that the relationship between a client and therapist has a powerful potential to bring healing.

💭 My therapist told me something interesting today that I wanted to share with you all. Did you know that needing background noise to fall asleep, like the sound of a fan or the TV, could actually be a trauma response to abandonment? 😱 It's true! Apparently, the noise tricks our brains into thinking we aren't falling asleep alone. 🧐 I had never thought about it that way before, but it makes total sense. Our bodies and minds can hold onto past experiences and form habits that we don't even…

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Dear Best Friend, Thank You For Being My Unpaid Therapist.

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I know this is my therapist to the “T”!

My Therapist Says on Instagram: "“Told ya so” @mytherapisthelps"