05/15/2025
There is SO much that goes into a therapy session aside from just listening 🩵. We are constantly tailoring our approach and pulling from theories that would be the best fit for the clients unique circumstances, managing countertransference, bracketing our own assumptions/experiences to truly encounter and be with the client, holding space for our own feelings that come up, working through imposter syndrome, balancing directness and challenging our clients with empathy and validation, staying attuned to the clients needs, redirecting when we get off topic or when the client might be avoiding, tuning into what isn’t being said/body language/nonverbal communication, etc.
Therapy is never just listening. It’s holding space + so much more. 🩷 and yes, we think about our clients outside of session, get attached to clients, and miss them when we are no longer working together.
