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What Your Therapist Really Thinks

  1. what your therapist really thinks
    Dear Therapist: Should I Have a Baby Alone If I Can’t Find a Partner?There’s a difference between “I want” and “I’m afraid to want.”
  2. therapy
    Dear Therapist: ‘My Therapist Won’t Let Me Break Up With Her!’We’ve all been in situations where we convince ourselves that we can’t leave.
  3. couples therapy
    Dear Therapist: ‘Is Couples Therapy a Waste of Time?’In this week’s What Your Therapist Really Thinks, a skeptic questions whether couples counseling actually works.
  4. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘Should I Cut Off Contact with My Crazily Compatible Ex?’Sometimes what feels like an impossible choice is really a false dichotomy, Lori Gottlieb writes in this week’s What Your Therapist Really Thinks.
  5. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘I Love My Girlfriend. So Why Do I Keep Cheating on Her?’The people you run to can’t give you what you want, Lori Gottlieb writes in this week’s What Your Therapist Really Thinks.
  6. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘I Feel Bad Because My Friends Aren’t Attractive!’It’s hard to have a friendship in which one person feels superior.
  7. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘My Parents Still Won’t Accept That I’m Gay!’You might not have to lose each other over their terror and your pain.
  8. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘I’m Terrified of Getting Married!’It’s easier to devalue something we might not get than to acknowledge that we might want it.
  9. self
    Why Won’t My Therapist Just Tell Me What to Do?“Our patients’ lives are theirs to live, not ours.”
  10. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘Why Can’t I Stop Thinking About My High School Crush?’Sometimes, remaining in a state of confusion serves us.
  11. what your therapist really thinks
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘Is My Relationship Too Perfect?’It’s common for people with unhappy histories to feel anxious around happiness.
  12. what your therapist really thinks
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘How Can I Be Nicer?’The gap between what we do and what we’d like to do often comes down to fear.
  13. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘My Friend Says I Stole Her Ideas’This week’s column from Your Therapist.
  14. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘I Have a Secret That’s Torturing Me!’This week’s column from Your Therapist.
  15. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks About Love and MarriageAffairs, divorce, self-sabotage, and more.
  16. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘Am I Normal?’This week’s column from Your Therapist.
  17. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘I’m Not Sad My Grandmother’s Going to Die’This week’s column from your therapist.
  18. advice
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘Am I Screwing Up My Children?’This week’s column from Your Therapist.
  19. what your therapist really thinks
    What Your Therapist Really Thinks: ‘Did I Sabotage My Relationship?’What Your Therapist Really Thinks: This week’s column.
  20. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘Why Is It So Hard to Change?’What Your Therapist Really Thinks: This week’s column.
  21. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘If We Always Threaten Divorce, Is Our Marriage Doomed?’What Your Therapist Really Thinks: This week’s column.
  22. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘Why Is Everyone Always Criticizing Me?’What Your Therapist Really Thinks: This week’s column.
  23. what your therapist really thinks
    ‘The Woman My Father-in-Law Married Is a Nightmare’What Your Therapist Really Thinks: this week’s column.
  24. what your therapist really thinks
    I Found the Perfect Woman — Except for One ProblemWhat Your Therapist Really Thinks: This week’s column.
  25. what your therapist really thinks
    Is My Husband Having an Affair?An affair isn’t the only way spouses betray each other.