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One of the most common requests I hear as a psychotherapist sounds like: “Help me overcome the fear of…” — public speaking, open spaces, flying, getting sick. Or: “I’m constantly irritated and angry, I don’t like it, help me get rid of it.” But if we look closely, almost any request — whether it’s about relationships, anxiety, depression, crises, grief or loss — is really about one thing: the emotional experience a person is going through. And that experience is often deepl

Recently, I was talking with a colleague about why it's so hard to fill a group about body image. The topic is relevant, important, there's demand. But people don't come. And we realized — it's about shame. Shame isn't just "I feel uncomfortable" Shame is a deep conviction: "I shouldn't exist as I am" . When we feel shame about our bodies, we don't just dislike our weight or the shape of our thighs. We feel that our very existence is a mistake. That we're too much. That we're

The concept of psychological trauma is familiar to everyone and has became overused. But for people, who experienced tremendous stress...