Tag: online psychotherapy
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How Trauma Appears in Psychotherapy
When most people hear the word trauma, they immediately think of war, serious accidents, violence or other catastrophic events. These experiences undoubtedly have the capacity to leave profound psychological scars. However, psychotherapy shows us that trauma is far more complex than the event itself. Two people may live through the same experience yet emerge with…
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Why Psychotherapy Sometimes Breaks Down Without Warning
One of the most confusing experiences in psychotherapy occurs when a patient suddenly leaves treatment without any obvious warning. Everything may appear to be progressing normally. Sessions are taking place regularly. The patient attends on time, participates in discussions, and may even express satisfaction with the work. They book the next appointment, leave the session…
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Why People Sometimes Want to Stop Therapy Suddenly
One of the most confusing experiences for both patients and psychotherapists is when somebody suddenly decides they want to stop therapy. This can happen after a few sessions, after several months, or sometimes even after a period during which therapy appeared to be progressing well. In some cases, the patient discusses their wish to leave…
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What Makes Psychotherapy Effective For Different People?
One of the most common questions people ask when considering psychotherapy is why therapy appears to help some people significantly while others seem to make slower progress or experience different outcomes. This question becomes even more interesting when we consider that two people may be attending the same type of therapy, working on similar difficulties,…
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What Depression Actually Does To a Person Beneath the Surface
Low mood is certainly one aspect of depression, but depression is often far more complex than simply feeling unhappy. In clinical practice, depression can affect a person’s energy, motivation, relationships, physical health, ability to think clearly, sense of meaning, and capacity to engage with life itself.
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Why Talking About Loneliness in Therapy Can Be So Important
Loneliness is one of the most common human experiences, yet it is often one of the most difficult subjects for people to talk about openly.
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Anxiety and What It Does To a Person Beneath the Surface
Anxiety is one of the most common psychological experiences people bring to psychotherapy. Many individuals describe feeling constantly worried, restless, overwhelmed, fearful, tense, or unable to relax.
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Why People Repeat The Same Emotional Patterns
Many people notice that they keep returning to the same emotional patterns, even when those patterns cause distress. They may repeatedly feel rejected, become overwhelmed by anxiety, withdraw when they need support, become intensely self-critical, enter similar relationship dynamics, or react to conflict in ways they later regret.
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The Difference Between Knowing and Changing in Psychotherapy
Insight is often treated as the central goal of psychological work: if someone understands why they feel the way they do, the assumption is that the difficulty should resolve. In clinical practice, however, this isn’t always the case.
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Why Therapy Is More Than Talking About Problems
Talking about problems and actual psychological change are often assumed to be the same thing, particularly from the outside perspective of therapy. However, in clinical practice, they are fundamentally different processes.