In the previous post, we identified 13 warning signs of harmful therapy designed to help you know when a therapist is displaying unhealthy behavior in your counseling sessions. In today’s post, we will discuss what makes a therapist a good therapist and how to define a healthily counseling relationship. Many of my clients seek counseling after having been in therapy for years and suffering without experiencing significant symptom relief and without lasting healing after m

As a licensed therapist, with over twenty years of clinical experience counseling people, it saddens my heart to state the reality that professional therapists provide harmful counsel. By that I mean, rather than helping people, they are hurting people. Below is a list of thirteen warning signs of harmful therapy that will help you identify when your therapist is displaying unprofessional, unhealthy behavior in your counseling sessions: #1: They accuse you of things that are

In the previous post, we began to address the question: Should I stay or leave the relationship? The answer is neither straightforward nor black and white. It is complex and nuanced. Many of my clients do not know what to do, and they become trapped in the land of indecision. My goal is to help you make the decision to stay or leave from a place of clarity, not from a place of being stuck. Overthinking the question of staying or leaving the relationship keeps you stuck and