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My Therapist Says To Try an Elimination Diet for the Soul

My Therapist Says To Try an Elimination Diet for the Soul

As the pandemic recedes, I’ve got to decide what kind of life I actually want to live
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Michele Bigley
Apr 6, 2021
My Therapist Says There Are ‘Little T’ Traumas and ‘Big T’ Traumas

My Therapist Says There Are ‘Little T’ Traumas and ‘Big T’ Traumas

Excavating those ‘little t’ traumas has helped me chip away at the bigger ones
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Sophia June
Apr 5, 2021
My Therapist Says I’m Apologizing Wrong

My Therapist Says I’m Apologizing Wrong

Here’s how my marriage improved when I learned to do it right — and when to skip the apology altogether
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Nikki Campo
Mar 21, 2021
My Therapist Says to Write Notes to My Future Self

My Therapist Says to Write Notes to My Future Self

Here’s how I learned to transform present pain into future growth
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Emillio Mesa
Mar 2, 2021
My Therapist Says Screw the Astrologers

My Therapist Says Screw the Astrologers

After receiving a reading that sent me spiraling, my therapist reminded me that I need to learn to trust myself
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Matthew Morchower
Feb 8, 2021
My Therapist Says Restlessness Can Be Rewarding

My Therapist Says Restlessness Can Be Rewarding

Feeling antsy isn’t a character flaw but a sign
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Jessica Furseth
Feb 1, 2021
My Therapist Says Being Too Sensitive Is a Superpower

My Therapist Says Being Too Sensitive Is a Superpower

In a time when we’re experiencing so much turmoil, divisiveness, and lack of empathy, sensitive people are necessary
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Terri Huggins Hart
Dec 2, 2020
My Therapist Says ‘Yes, And’

My Therapist Says ‘Yes, And’

I’m learning to reject the overpowering desire to have the one answer to my anxiety
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Rebecca Long
Nov 22, 2020
My Therapist Says All Relationships Are Impossible

My Therapist Says All Relationships Are Impossible

It’s okay to lose a friendship
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Naveen Kumar
Oct 13, 2020
My Therapist Says Think of the Best-Case Scenario

My Therapist Says Think of the Best-Case Scenario

Instead of focusing on worst-case outcomes that are already highly unlikely, why not consider the total opposite?
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Angela Lashbrook
Sep 22, 2020
My Therapist Says That’s a Thought, Not a Feeling

My Therapist Says That’s a Thought, Not a Feeling

How the Feeling Wheel has helped me navigate my emotions during a pandemic
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L'Oreal Thompson Payton
Aug 30, 2020
My Therapist Says the Pandemic Is the Perfect Time to Set Boundaries

My Therapist Says the Pandemic Is the Perfect Time to Set Boundaries

Social distancing brings the rare opportunity to redefine our communication and relationships
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Ashley Lauretta
Jul 14, 2020
My Therapist Says Feelings Aren’t Facts

My Therapist Says Feelings Aren’t Facts

‘I feel angry, I am not anger. I feel afraid. I am not my fear either.’
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Ashley C. Ford
May 10, 2020
My Therapist Says It’s Okay to Throw Yourself a Pity Party

My Therapist Says It’s Okay to Throw Yourself a Pity Party

You need to grieve before you can be productive again
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Andrea Bartz
May 7, 2020
My Therapist Says the World Is Not My Burden to Bear

My Therapist Says the World Is Not My Burden to Bear

What coronavirus has taught me about my crisis response
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Elly Belle
Mar 23, 2020
My Therapist Says You Have to Ask Sadness to Leave

My Therapist Says You Have to Ask Sadness to Leave

My sadness looks like a blue Kool-Aid mascot. When he comes, I open the door, and ask him to go away.
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McKenzie Schwark
Mar 17, 2020
My Therapist Says No One Cares

My Therapist Says No One Cares

After getting laid off once again, this was the only advice that penetrated my depression
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Rachel Kim Raczka
Feb 28, 2020
My Therapist Says: It’s Okay to Stew in Sadness

My Therapist Says: It’s Okay to Stew in Sadness

Sometimes it’s helpful to become enveloped in your depression; to face it head-on and try to understand it
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Caroline Moss
Jan 13, 2020
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