Stepping into the therapy room means stepping into a space where all the layers of identity, such as culture, gender, family background, and beliefs, come to the surface. As someone who immigrated to Canada from Pakistan as a young child, I’ve experienced how identity is a unique combination of influences, often combined with challenges and […]
Category: Therapy
5 Myths About Therapy
Thinking about therapy myths is quite fun for me, for some reason. Perhaps because there are so many myths about therapy, myths that are often perpetuated in movies, or media, or in conversations around a dinner table. It’s not me shouting at the television as I watch Naomi Watts, playing therapist Jean Halloway in the […]