Shakira

It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.

Musician

Irvin D. Yalom

Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.

American Psychologist

Finn Jones

When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.

English Actor

Ira Glass

Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.

American Journalist

Emma Gonzalez

If you want to help arm the schools, arm them with school supplies, books, therapists - things they actually need and can make use of.

American Activist

Lili Reinhart

I've seen a therapist at different points in my life for different reasons.

American Actress

Gail Sheehy

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

American Writer

Dick Cavett

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

American Entertainer

Karen Horney

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Christina Ricci

A therapist can provide support through various techniques, not just talking.

Beyond Counseling

A therapist doesn't prescribe medication or perform surgeries.

Not a Doctor

Conversations with your therapist are private, meant to remain between you two.

Confidentiality

Therapists have expertise in specific treatments like sports injuries or speech therapy.

Specialized Care

Some therapists use creative activities like art or dance for healing.

Creative Therapies

Therapists often work with families or groups, not just individuals.

Relational Context

 If you sit a lot, get up and move around on occassion, and be sure to exercise. Using your muscles will keep them strong enough to support you effectively, on top of all the other benefits to your joints, bones, brain and heart. And if you're really worried, check with a physical therapist, because yes, you really should stand up straight.

The benefits of good...

 are being investigated, too. So, if you know someone struggling with depression, encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options. You might even offer to help with specific tasks, like looking up therapists in the area, or making a list of questions to ask a doctor. To someone with depression,

What is depression? -...

 those doctors and started all over and I got a new physical therapist and she still lasts to this day that she remembers me hobbling into her room saying you know tell me what I can do not what I can't do I think and get back to kayaking can you you know help me do

Alison Wright: Portraits...

 when what was available did it work it's something I've always embraced it's something I've carried over into my work as an occupational therapist the use of technology to help facilitate independence for individuals to help improve their quality of life

Accessible fart machines...

 And that myth is profoundly dangerous. Let me ask you honestly -- and I'll give you this warning, I'm trained as a therapist, so I can out-wait you uncomfortably -- so if you could just raise your hand that would be awesome -- how many of you honestly,

Listening to shame PIPE...

 where the bad is redeemed by the good. People leading meaningful lives, he's found, tend to tell stories about their lives defined by redemption, growth and love. But what makes people change their stories? Some people get help from a therapist,

There's more to life...

 The famed therapist M. Scott Peck said that true listening requires a setting aside of oneself. And sometimes that means setting aside your personal opinion. He said that sensing this acceptance, the speaker will become less and less vulnerable

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...

 claiming his treatment had cured patients when in fact they had gotten worse. Later therapists influenced by his theories coaxed their patients into "recovering" supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened.

History vs. Sigmund...

 hostilities, primarily from the repressed memory therapists, who felt under attack, and by the patients whom they had influenced. I had sometimes armed guards at speeches that I was invited to give,

How reliable is your...

 I moved to a place where it snowed and I became a massage therapist. With this job all I needed were my hands and my massage table by my side and I could go anywhere. For the first time in my life,