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I have a hard-working T who has tried to be responsive even when I know I present a learning curve for her (aka a "good challenge")...I know she's been generous, that she tries very hard. Today she wrote me last minute to offer me an earlier time slot--all while telling me I could keep me...

I've been going to therapy now for just over two years and I've been slowly pulling back all the layers of my experiences growing up. It's all very hard, as I know so many here are well aware. I just hit what seems to be the toughest yet, which is coming to terms with the fact that there were...

I am trying to navigate the scariness of the past 24 or so hours and could use some support from those who've been there. This is a first for me: I let my guard down enough in therapy to just describe what I was physically feeling in the moment...normally I wouldn't do this, as I'd disqualify...

I could use some advice on this one as I'm struggling mightily. My T--who indeed I do cherish and have been seeing now for about 20 months--wants me to spend "even a nanosecond" more time feeling the bad trauma-related feelings (which are sexual, developmental, and interpersonal in nature). At...

I wonder if I'm going to be able to cast this quite right--but I'm looking to connect on this, to get a sense of whether this is something others deal with, too, as it brings me a lot of (weird) pain: positive feedback and attention in certain arenas in my life (esp my professional life)...

I've been known to break out in hives, but this is different: it's actually a long-lasting, itchy rash, worse at night, that's like patches of small bumps or ridges. Can't see it as well as you can feel it--almost like itchy goose bumps. My skin gets itchy when my anxiety spikes, but this is a...

I have been in therapy now for about 18 months, working with a therapist who is really wonderful. Even still it has been such a hard road--trusting her, accepting our relationship, accepting her care, the attachment pain, just hard. My trauma is predominantly childhood/interpersonal and involves...

I find that my biggest anxiety challenges are Friday night through Sunday. I think it's a combination of the more open schedule, the lack of structure, and the fact that I am simply more visible to/in contact with my kids and husband on those days. I feel greater self-consciousness, more guilt...

I've been in therapy now for just about 1.5 years with a therapist I think is truly wonderful in so many ways (patient, supportive, compassionate...), but I continue to struggle with what is her pretty staunch commitment to non-disclosure. I have an interpersonal/childhood trauma background that...