Things You CAN Do in Therapy and DON’T have to Apologize For | Tips from a Licensed Therapist!

[@craneoflores]

I always feel like I'm not "prepared" for therapy, like it's a work meeting I have to prep for. Thanks for the reminder that I can show up in whatever place I'm at that day

[@YakobLTW]

Lol, I swore in my first ever therapy session and almost freaked out before my therapist told me she swears all the time too. Had a bit of a laugh with her about it. Twas cool.

[@RJones-tn5vg]

My therapist only meets online and she would agree with sitting on the floor, taking off shoes, etc.

[@BelalHossain-vw7it]

Hello Gabby , you're making amazing videos! What is in your mind about your channel?

[@JessRoss-t9z]

I’ve never thought about sitting on the floor!! That was SO interesting ❤

[@sierrareed11]

Love your Tik toks!

[@therapybygabby]

@@sierrareed11 Thank you so much! 💕

[@LeeJones-wk7xv]

I've had more than one therapist stare at me while I was crying and a box of tissue sitting right by them and they didn't offer me a tissue, wtf. My PCP who is a man was the first person to hand me a tissue automatically when I cried. Finding a good therapist is difficult, hang in there until you find a good one.

[@NidusFormicarum]

Men are not used to other men crying in front of them, but in therapy? I once cried when talking to a male therapist and that made him sigh! Fortunately, almost all have been female. Difficult to talk about sensitive stuff before other men.

[@JessRoss-t9z]

Sometimes from what I’ve heard, handing tissues can make people feel like they have to cover up their crying or tidy it up. I could be incredibly wrong 😊

[@therapybygabby]

@@LeeJones-wk7xv I make sure there are boxes of tissues easily accessible to clients!

[@therapybygabby]

@@NidusFormicarum I’m sorry to hear that was your experience!

[@therapybygabby]

@@JessRoss-t9z you’re not wrong! It sounds so simple, but the experience of handing someone tissues vs not handing them any can bring up a lot of therapeutic material!

[@NidusFormicarum]

And venting! Why on earth go to therapy if your therapist interupts you and you are not allowed to speak what is currently on your mind?

[@therapybygabby]

@@NidusFormicarum venting is absolutely okay & cathartic!!

[@christinem8171]

Is this an exhaustive list? 😉 Jk. I told my therapist a couple weeks ago that I was having the impulse to lay down on the couch, and then I did it! It was on my mental checklist to try at some point in. But then I got sleepy and couldn't think. 🙃

[@therapybygabby]

@@christinem8171 therapy can be exhausting work & paired with laying down I totally get feeling sleepy! 😴