/u/5YOChemist on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
Not me but, my dad was a pastor. He did premarital counseling.He had a couple who wanted him to marry them, during their premarital counseling it came up that the guy was "possessed by a demon" that...
View Article/u/fcdftw on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
I'm in marriage counseling. And the very first session restored hope in a relationship where divorce was threatened in every fight. The moment hope was restored was when we both immediately owned our...
View Article/u/KSic on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
The ending was difficult to read — I’m sorry to hear that. Just remember her affair isn’t a reflection of your value. Hope things are moving in a better direction for you. ❤️
View Article/u/Medarco on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
Obligatory "not a therapist" but my own experience in therapy. My wife and I (separated now) went to couples counseling where it was a husband-wife counseling team. I thought that would be great, since...
View Article/u/CptNavarre on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
Excuse me but did you marry Prince Charles?
View Article/u/Larsnonymous on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
That’s the checkmate move every time!
View Article/u/rayluxuryyacht on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
That goes both ways. I've seen people manipulate another person by gaslighting them that they are yelling when they actually aren't, knowing full well the person will eventually buckle under the...
View Article/u/future_ex_ms_malcolm on Couples therapists, without breaking...
I'm an MFT (marriage and family therapist) and for me, an unofficial litmus test is when I ask at some point in the first few sessions how the couple met. If there is absolutely no positive affect from...
View Article/u/8Ariadnesthread8 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Ugh I went through this with a roommate as well! Her boyfriend was emotionally abusive and angry. Finally after months of hearing her complain about him I told her I was no longer comfortable with him...
View Article/u/LurkersEmerge on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Not my client, but I had to watch as my own roommate dealt with her fiance. He was: A. controlling her (physically/activities/financials). B. continuously dismissing her feelings/assessments/opinions...
View Article/u/Restless__Dreamer on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
I am not in that situation, but I have been in therapy for a long time and also did couples for a bit. The note sounds like the perfect way to ask without it being found out. Also, maybe write down on...
View Article/u/penguinspie on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
It happened with my parents to the point where my abusive father would tell my mother what she was and wasn't allowed to talk about in a counseling session. She finally got out after 24 years. If...
View Article/u/alicein0z on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
All these responses have made me so much more grateful for my younger sister, who pestered me until I was in tears of anger to leave my ex. Within a week I could see how much better my life was without...
View Article/u/lilliesandlovers on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
My mom is a therapist and she sometimes tells me a little bit about her cases (nothing specific or identifying). She once came home really upset about a case and told me a little bit. Basically this...
View Article/u/Soulless_redhead on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Believe everything he says!
View Article/u/sittinginthesunshine on Couples therapists, without breaking...
She should get together with my ex-husband.
View Article/u/HarryMonroesGhost on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
just a simple issue of perspective and understandingthis transfers to just about any interpersonal conflict (amongst rational adults)
View Article/u/Chrisom on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
Haha... the beet life is the best life!
View Article/u/ProtonDeathRay on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
All hail the beet life!
View Article/u/DepressedUterus on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Have you communicated this with her? Tried therapy? She may not even notice in general and some people are just wired that way. You gotta bonk them over the head with it.I have a habit of getting...
View Article/u/bloodytemplar on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Same. In her defense, it's not her fault. She's on the spectrum and she's got a whole lot of stressors right now that have kinda rewired her brain. It's like she doesn't even notice the distance.She's...
View Article/u/just_some_dude05 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Fuck. I think my marriage is over.
View Article/u/TiredMold on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
Couples that are still fighting still have some amount of connection, even if it's negative! The situation I'm talking about is much more cold, and separate. People at this level are usually little...
View Article/u/pinkytoze on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
This happened to me too, when I was a teenager. My parents found a religious therapist who they knew personally from church and made me see her. They even discussed my sessions afterwards without me....
View Article/u/Zerowantuthri on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
Strangely, I never had any more sessions with that counselor after that.Yeah...my parents noped right out of more sessions for me too.Thing is, I went to this doctor because he treated my step-brother...
View Article/u/purplegirl2001 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
My mom took me to counseling when I was in high school (various emotional issues, but our relationship was definitely suffering). After meeting with the counselor 2-3 times and discussing my life and...
View Article/u/alex-the-hero on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
My parents literally knew it'd be like that if they took me to almost any therapist ever so they specifically sought out therapists that would violate HIPPA and tell them everything we ever spoke...
View Article/u/allofwhatyousought on Couples therapists, without breaking...
I had a therapist have my back when I was a teenager too. My dad used to make me sign permission slips 72 hours in advance with him if I wanted to request a ride from him. I had to turn in a form that...
View Article/u/tfl3m on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
That’s hilarious, awesome, and an interesting use for a therapist lol. Glad it worked out!
View Article/u/Foxsong on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
I went to 7cups as a desperate last ditch effort not to kill myself and the "mentor" that got matched with me asked for my instagram and then my number. Super fucking creepy and it made me feel like I...
View Article/u/Biff_Tannenator on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
It's not the same as REAL therapy, but if you just need someone to tell your problems to, then check out 7cups.comIt's a free service (at least the last time I checked) and you can talk to people who...
View Article/u/CallMeDrWorm42 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
This right here. I'm depressed. I need therapy. I have no insurance. Sessions with a therapist are like 200 bucks. I can't afford that. What the fuck am I supposed to do? All the advice I can find...
View Article/u/pandawomp on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
And also make it affordable please
View Article/u/mom-whitebread on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
If we could just normalize and even ENCOURAGE all kinds of therapy that would be greatEdit: Unfortunately, therapy is not an accessible or affordable reality for everyone. That is a very real, but...
View Article/u/kam0706 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
The two hosts of the podcast My Favourite Murder have been in "couples" therapy for years. They were pretty new friends when they started it and when the podcast took off and they started making money...
View Article/u/slightlyslytherin on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
That’s what my therapist said to me shortly after we got kicked out of couple’s counseling because my partner was so unmanageable. It genuinely was the best decision for me. My partner is still angry I...
View Article/u/pandaimonia on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
God that sucks, I'm sorry your dad's a dick.
View Article/u/LunariHime on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
Relatedly, when I was a kid my dad got me into BMX racing. He made me do it really hard core. Traveling around the country to national races, racing 7 days a week at local tracks, sometimes 2 races at...
View Article/u/archbish99 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
That's one of my hot-button triggers. Tell me you don't understand how I can feel that, sure. Tell me you don't feel the same way, of course! Tell me there seems to be a conflict between what I think...
View Article/u/Sam_Pool on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what are...
invalidation. This comes in many forms, from gaslighting to just simple denial of another's opinion.I grew up being told "you don't feel that" when my parents didn't want to deal with how I felt. You...
View Article/u/Alwaysunder_thegun on Couples therapists, without breaking...
I have a feeling like my wife won't go to therapy with me because she's worried she'll be told she's wrong about things.
View Article/u/mule_roany_mare on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
...I remember going to a family therapist as a child.As soon as the shrink refused to accept that a 5 year old, a 9 year old, or my father were 100% responsible for every problem my mother got up, told...
View Article/u/Squickworth on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
I went to marriage counseling to save my marriage; she went to convince me she didn't want to. Was tough.
View Article/u/masterelmo on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality, what...
Kinda where my wife and I were before I finally accepted that we should just split. She wanted out like none other...
View Article/u/squirrel-shark on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
It is depressing, and that’s exactly where I’m at right now. Waiting for my husband to decide if he wants to work on our marriage or not. It sucks. I feel like I should say “I don’t have to wait for...
View Article/u/Admirable_Cake_3596 on Couples therapists, without breaking...
That's so depressing, just waiting for someone to decide if they want you
View Article/u/notallwhowander23 on Couples therapists, without breaking confidentiality,...
He slowly took one thing after another from me. I didn't know I needed to protect myself from him. Made me feel silly for having my job when he was making as much in a day as I was making in a week. He...
View Article/u/milksteaknjellybean on Couples therapists, without breaking...
When one person is entirely dependent on the other, especially at a relatively young age. I mean financially and emotionally. These are typically young women (sometimes young men as well) who do not...
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