Recently I wrote a post about the often used question in therapy– “How do you feel about that?” and the experience of wanting to empower the client by validating their feelings. A reader of Collective Inquiry, j;, graciously posted a response and gave an insightful perspective on what it means to be asked as a theoretically client, “How do you Read more…

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Some people picture therapy as largely consisting of talking and then being asked, “How do you feel about that?” Before becoming a therapist, I used to laugh along with those people and think it was a myth. Surely, there was a lot more to therapy. Turns out, I would be asking that question, not just once, but many times. It Read more…

Tags: emotions, feelings, perspective, therapy