What to do between sessions when anxiety shows up
Your session is on Thursday, but the anxiety arrives Monday night. What to do in that moment, what not to do, and how to save it so you can work on it later.
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Ideas to get more out of therapy, journaling, and what happens between one session and the next.
Your session is on Thursday, but the anxiety arrives Monday night. What to do in that moment, what not to do, and how to save it so you can work on it later.
Progress in therapy isn't felt day to day: you see it by comparing weeks. Six concrete signs, and how to have something to compare them against.
What happens in a first session, the questions they usually ask, health plan vs. private pay, in person or online, and the three things worth writing down before you go.
You don't need an hour of introspection. A short ritual before you walk in changes how the session gets used. Step by step, with examples.
When the week was "normal," the session can feel pointless. But normal is exactly the material. How to find something to talk about when you think there's nothing.
During the week you knew exactly what you wanted to talk about. The session arrives and it's gone. It's not distraction: it's how memory works. What to do so it doesn't get lost.
Going blank in front of your therapist is about as common as it gets. The problem is almost never the session: it's the week leading up to it. Three things you can change.
You sit down, and the whole week goes blank. Here's why it happens, and three simple ways to walk into your session with something in hand.
For a lot of people, writing is the barrier. Talking to your phone for thirty seconds can be enough to hold on to what matters.
Fifteen short questions for when you want to write something down and don't know where to start. To use during the week, not the night before.
A therapy journal isn't a notebook for daily introspection. It's a short record of what happens between sessions. What to write, when, and how to use it in session.
Harmony is free to start and built to accompany your process, not replace it.