Abby Peeler
Abby Peeler

Oct 5, 2020

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1 min read

… therapist with a fevered tirade against the practice of CBT. I’m sure that made a great impression. That’s another problem with therapy: that I think about the impression I’m making. Normally I feel pretty invisible, but in therapy, I’m paying for someone’s attention. Quickly, the therapist becomes my audience, and therapy a place to workshop my one-woman show. And as a writer of personal essays, my narrative is so closely entwined to my work. How do I untangl…

Why I Quit Therapy
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anna dorn

I went to therapy as a kid and I found myself still too worried about what others thought about me to actually be honest with them. I feel like I can't and honestly don't want to tell them why I feel the way I do.

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