A Therapist Goes to Therapy
Because talking to myself in the mirror didn’t work
I’ve been a therapist for eight years and I often tell folx, “Don’t trust a therapist who hasn’t been to therapy.”
I’ve been to counseling intermittently since I was first diagnosed with panic disorder in 2012. I had been seeing my last therapist for over four years until I had to fire her in February.
Since that relationship ended, I continued managing my anxiety with medication, exercise, and lots of writing and reading.
I was maintaining some sense of stability.
In the past few months, a series of events disrupted this stability and I’ve found myself overwhelmed.
Going to the gym, writing my memoir, journaling, and yoga have helped, but I needed something more.
Don’t trust a therapist who hasn’t been to therapy.
While I believe in therapy, I don’t think you need to attend nonstop to live a healthy life, but when life delivered that sucker punch, I figured I should practice what I preach and start counseling again.
The search begins
Finding a therapist is hard! I know this because my clients tell me so.
I’ve called over 20 therapists and you’re…
