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Category: psychology

Dark Humor, Satire, and The Therapy Room

When I meet my clients in the therapy room, I notice the more time I spend with them the funnier they allow themselves to be in my presence. On our first meeting, I generally meet nervous people on the couch or through the screen. They are often afraid of meeting judgment. Most likely because they […]

Who Can Come for Therapy and Why

We all have an idea of therapy clients. It’s a picture of distressed, breaking down adults, emotionally polarized, rebellious adolescents, and nervous/hard to control/withdrawn children. In all these descriptions, we picture these human profiles going through the extremes, don’t we? Although, therapy and counseling are most definitely very welcoming and nurturing spaces for people in […]