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Some Things Heal Better in a Room With Other People
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Writing from Karen Sussan, LCSW, LMHC, grouped by subject. Browse every post or pick another category below.
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Reflections 11
The Therapy Process 11
EMDR & DBR 9
Family & Relationships 9
Trauma & Attachment 7
Mind & Body 4
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Who Decides When Therapy Is Done?
Leaving therapy because you are ready and leaving because a protocol ran out are not the same thing. On who gets to decide when treatment is done.
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Talking to Your Therapist About Embarrassing Topics: How to Get Past the Awkwardness
Saying the thing you have never told anyone can feel impossible. Why it feels that way, how to start, and what usually happens once you have said it.
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Making the Most of Your First Free Consultation with a New Therapist
A free consultation is about comfort and fit, not only credentials. What to ask, how much to share, and how to tell whether a therapist suits you.
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I'm Not Superman
People sometimes arrive at therapy desperate, asking to be fixed. On what a therapist can and cannot do, and what the relationship itself offers.
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Navigating the Journey: How to Thoughtfully Conclude Your Therapy
Knowing how to end therapy matters as much as knowing how to start. Recognizing the right time, telling your therapist, and preparing for afterwards.
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The Courage to Heal: A Question for Prospective Therapy Seekers
Many of us learned to bury messy feelings in favor of a stiff upper lip. On the courage therapy takes, and on deciding that trauma stops with you.
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Does Your Therapist Have to Be of the Same Religion as You?
Shared faith is not what makes therapy work. What matters is that your therapist respects your spiritual life, and when difference can be an asset.
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Will Going on Vacation Derail My Therapy?
Continuity helps therapy work, and breaks happen anyway. What a vacation actually does to your progress, and how to use the time between sessions.
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The Power of Groups
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. On what group psychotherapy offers that individual work does not, including its spiritual dimension.
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Psychotherapy: Long Or Short Term
How to tell whether you need brief or long term psychotherapy: your objectives, your confidence in therapy, homework, timeframe and budget.
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