My Advice to you as a Therapist; Stop Feeling so Much and Start Thinking More

by E.A. Gilmartin

Yes, yes, I know, this makes me a heretic in the world of psychotherapy and maybe I will have my license revoked, but two decades of serving clients coupled with witnessing our current state of affairs have convinced me of this.

If you have not been in individual therapy before, I am sure you can still imagine the typical prompts given during a session, something along the lines of, “So how did that make you feel?” and “What were you feeling when that…