Most people don’t seek therapy the moment a relationship starts feeling difficult. They wait. They try harder, argue louder, or pull away entirely. By the time someone actually sits down in a therapist’s office to talk about relationship problems, there’s usually a long trail of frustration, confusion, and emotional exhaustion behind them. And here’s what catches many people off guard: the work that happens in therapy often has less to do with the other person than they expected.… Read more