Is It Okay to Email a Former Therapist?
A psychologist on emailing a former therapist: what the rules actually allow, why most therapists are glad to hear from you, and how to write the note.
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Ask a Therapist
Real questions people have asked me on r/AskaTherapist, answered properly. Each post takes a question I replied to in the thread and goes deeper than a comment ever could, with the research and clinical reasoning behind the short answer. No jargon walls, no sales pitch, just a psychologist thinking out loud about questions worth thinking about.
Should You Make a PowerPoint for Your Therapist?
A psychologist on whether making a PowerPoint for your first therapy session helps or hurts, and what he actually asks new clients instead.
Read →Does Your Therapist Think About You Between Sessions?
A psychologist answers whether therapists think about clients outside of sessions: the honest mechanics, the boundaries, and why it's worth asking in the room.
Read →The 'It's Not Your Fault' Scene: What Good Will Hunting Gets Right About Therapy
A psychologist on the 'It's not your fault' scene from Good Will Hunting, and what it reveals about the alliance that makes therapy actually work.
Read →Do Therapists Look Down on Clients With Low Self-Esteem?
A psychologist answers whether therapists judge clients with low self-esteem, and why self-worth is built from the outside in before it becomes internal.
Read →Is the Gottman Method Bad for People Who Shut Down?
A Gottman-trained psychologist explains what stonewalling and flooding mean, and why shutting down during conflict doesn't mean your relationship is doomed.
Read →Why Do Therapists Hang Out on Reddit?
A psychologist explains why therapists spend their free time answering strangers' questions on Reddit, and why it's actually part of the job.
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