Starting therapy
What to expect in your first therapy session
A walk-through of what actually happens in the first 50 minutes — what the clinician asks, what you don’t need to prepare, and why the goal of session one is not insight.
Telehealth
Online therapy vs. in-person, what actually changes
The honest differences between video and in-room sessions, what the research shows, and where each format has the edge.
Mid-therapy
How to know if therapy is working
It’s rarely the dramatic breakthroughs. The quieter signals that the work is doing what it’s supposed to do.
Couples
How to talk to your partner about starting couples therapy
If you’re the partner who’s ready and they’re not, the conversation that gets things started rarely starts with “we need therapy.”