Most people come to therapy because something hurts. They can’t sleep. They’re stuck in the same fight with their partner every week. Food has become a battleground. The pain is real, and the instinct to make it stop as fast as possible makes complete sense. But here’s the thing that many people don’t realize until they’ve been through the process: making the pain stop and actually getting better aren’t always the same thing.

There’s a growing conversation in psychology about the difference between symptom management and genuine, lasting change.… Read more