Most people who walk into a therapist’s office for the first time have already tried to fix things on their own. They’ve read the self-help books, downloaded the meditation apps, and pushed through with sheer willpower. And yet something keeps pulling them back into the same patterns. The same kinds of relationships. The same feelings of emptiness or anxiety that won’t quite let go. There’s a reason for that, and it has everything to do with what’s happening beneath the surface.… Read more