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Conquer Your Therapy Hurdles

Now that you’ve been in therapy for a bit – or maybe you’re just starting or just thinking about it (virtual high five) – you may be struck by a eureka moment: it’s hard growing into the person you want to be. Scratch that. It’s more often than not a wade-through-the-muck, cry-a-bucket-of-tears-on-the-regular type of experience.

The reality is, you may not be properly prepared for the grin-and-bear-it parts of therapy because we don’t talk about them as much – like wondering who you’ll be when you come out on the other side, or struggling to vocalise why you’re there in the first place, or feeling as if you’ve been smacked in the

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