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therapy as a way of aligning with your subconscious

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a Review of my time in therapy

Helen Schjerfbeck, Clothes Drying, 1883 When I started seeing a therapist two and a half years ago, I wasn’t sure that therapy worked. I couldn’t imagine a therapist being smarter or more knowledgable about me than my best friends were, and I’d seen studies that suggested therapy’s impact on patients was unclear. I also knew a lot of people who’d been in talk therapy for years who seemed like they had major emotional problems that weren’t getting better. I’ve seen four therapists over this period of time, partially because I’ve moved around a lot, and also partially because I was searching…

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