Most people have a picture in their head of what therapy looks like. Maybe it’s a leather couch, a bearded man with a notepad, and a patient staring at the ceiling talking about their mother. Or maybe it’s something closer to a scene from a movie where a therapist offers a single brilliant insight and the patient breaks down crying, suddenly healed. The reality is quite different from either of these images, and those misconceptions keep a lot of people from ever picking up the phone to book a first session.… Read more