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12Jul

My Journey With Therapy and Chronic Depression

Vicky Malkin

depression, experienceoftherapy, therapy

Mind

Vicky Malkin shares her experience of therapy for long-term depression. Her biggest lessons? To seek help early and strive to be as honest as possible, with yourself and your therapist.
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04Jul

How Therapy Helped Me After a Bad Break Up

Astrid M

breakups, experienceoftherapy, therapy

Mind

Therapy can help when seemingly ordinary events in life have a much deeper, more painful impact. Astrid M writes about her experience of seeing a therapist
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08Jan

Can Therapy Be Fun?

Carole Simpkins

experienceoftherapy, play

Therapists

Therapy is of course often serious business, as therapists support clients in talking about difficult experience. But, says therapist Carole Simpkins, there can be a place for playfulness and fun too
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11Dec

What You Wear to Therapy: Communication, Disguise, and Defence

Clara Bridges

experienceoftherapy, identity, self, therapy

Mind

Therapy client Clara Bridges ruminates on the significance of what she wears when she visits her therapist
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12Dec

A Letter to My Therapist at Christmas

Clara Bridges

Christmas, experienceoftherapy, family, self, therapy

Mind

Some therapy clients find it challenging when there are breaks in therapy. Christmas can be a tricky time posts client Clara Bridges
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03Nov

When the Therapist You Choose is Not Right For You

Rae Ritchie

counselling, experienceoftherapy, therapy

Mind

Rae Ritchie didn't know how to find a counsellor to help her. Now she believes the wrong person can do more harm than good
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18Oct

Can You Grieve Something You Never Had?

Clara Bridges

childhood, experienceoftherapy, grief, identity, mother

Mind

I never had unconditional acceptance from my mother, but with therapy I am finally experiencing what that feels like, writes Clara Bridges
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05Oct

I was Sexually Attracted to My Therapist

Clara Bridges

emotions, experienceoftherapy, love, sex, therapy

Relationships

I was shocked to be sexually attracted to my older, female therapist. But talking to her about this "erotic transference" has helped me understand it
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28Sep

My Migraines Were a Symptom of Psychological Distress

Rae Freeman

experienceoftherapy, health, therapy

Mind

Rae Freeman's experience of therapy brought with it an unexpected benefit -– fewer migraines. Oliver Sacks wrote about the phenomenon in his book Migraine
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15Sep

My 3 Therapy Sessions that Changed Everything

Rae Ritchie

CAT, experienceoftherapy, self, therapy, wellbeing

Mind

A client with borderline personality disorder finds her life turned around by three sessions of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
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