You can do one of three things with your pain: run from it (denial, compartmentalization), drown in it (rumination) or make friends with it. Making friends with your pain means letting it sit next to you, and starting a conversation […]
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Dear Therapist, This holiday season, I’ve been navigating some major challenges with my older sister and my boyfriend. The difficulty started last winter, when my boyfriend wanted to buy an investment property in the state where I’m from and my
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Dear Therapist, My husband and I have been together for five years. In that time, his parents have separated and are now divorcing. My husband and his two sisters are not particularly close with either parent because of their less-than-ideal
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Dear Therapist, My younger brother and I are both in our 50s. He met his wife about 16 years ago, and they got married in 2014. This is her third marriage, my brother’s first. They have one child together, who’s
Dear Therapist: Can I Get My Brother to Leave His Wife? Read More »
Dear Therapist, Seven years ago, when I was a college freshman, I was sexually assaulted. This experience deeply traumatized me beyond what I could cope with at the time. I did not want to press charges or involve authorities, because
Dear Therapist: I Ran Into the Man Who Raped Me Read More »
Dear Therapist, I was abused by my parents as a child and have limited contact with them now. I did try in my early 20s to have a relationship with them, but I saw no change in their behavior. In
Dear Therapist: My Relatives Don’t Believe My Parents Were Abusive Read More »
