Show Notes
What is therapy really like once you step inside the room? Does it look like the versions we see on television and in films, or is the reality something quite different? In this episode of Let's Open Up: About Therapy, Dr Ruth Schumacher continues her conversation with Misha as she reflects on her expectations of therapy before she started and how those expectations compared to her real experience. Misha shares how she initially imagined therapy as a detached conversation with a therapist sit...
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