How to Start Therapy for the First Time

How to Start Therapy for the First Time

You’ve been thinking about it for a while. Maybe a long while. You’ve told yourself you’ll look into it, then gotten busy, then talked yourself out of it, then circled back. The idea of therapy feels right in the abstract and somehow impossible in...
Does Insurance Cover Therapy?

Does Insurance Cover Therapy?

You’ve decided you want to go to therapy. That’s not a small thing. And then you hit the practical wall: what is this actually going to cost, and does insurance cover therapy in the first place? It’s one of the most common questions people ask before...
Can ChatGPT Be My Therapist?

Can ChatGPT Be My Therapist?

You’re lying in bed at 2am, spiraling about something you said at work three days ago. Therapy feels expensive, hard to access, or just too big a step. So you open ChatGPT and start typing. It responds immediately.  It’s warm, it’s thoughtful, it...
Questions to Ask a Therapist

Questions to Ask a Therapist

You’ve decided to try therapy. Or you’re considering it. Or someone you trust has been gently suggesting it for a while and you’ve finally gotten to the point where you’re open to the idea. And then you sit down to actually find someone, and it...
How Trauma Shows Up in Our Daily Reactions

How Trauma Shows Up in Our Daily Reactions

You apologize when someone bumps into you. You agree with something you don’t actually believe because the alternative felt too risky. You spend an hour after a conversation replaying what you said, convinced you made someone uncomfortable. It feels like a...