If your client is coming back, they are getting something out of therapy.

Over the weekend I was talking to a close friend of mine about his experience in therapy.

“I love my therapist,” he said. “I really have trouble naming my emotions. So my therapist pulled out this thing called an ‘Emotion Wheel’. It really helped. My previous therapist just kept badgering me about how I felt. Which was really frustrating. I couldn't tell her. I didn't have words.”

“Wow,” I replied. “Sounds like you’re getting a lot out of therapy. But you don’t have insurance. How much longer do you think you’ll go.”

“Well the sessions don’t cost that much and since my anxiety has been getting worse over time I don’t see myself stopping any time soon.”

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I was shocked.