Most people have a picture in their head of what therapy looks like. Maybe it’s the classic image of lying on a leather couch while a bearded man scribbles notes. Maybe it’s something pulled from a movie scene where the therapist delivers one brilliant insight and the patient is suddenly cured. Or maybe it’s a vague sense that therapy is just “paying someone to listen to you complain.” These ideas float around in popular culture, and they keep a lot of people from ever walking through a therapist’s door.… Read more