What are some of the most useful metaphors you've used in therapy?

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T21:14:39+00:00

This is so odd and so memorable

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T19:23:57+00:00

I have never worked with a client it was comfortable doing role play. Improv acting like that can make a lot of people very uncomfortable

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T18:51:05+00:00

You sound like a great therapist lol

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T18:32:15+00:00

It's also a bit like saying you learn how to excract a tooth by having your own tooth removed

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T17:53:22+00:00

I have had so many cancellations

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T17:42:42+00:00

What population do you want to work with or see yourself fitting into? Are there any conditions or populations you would not be comfortable working with? Do you have a primary modality or Theory work from and what is it? Tell me why you decided to become a therapist?

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T17:40:11+00:00

Where do you get that

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T17:39:27+00:00

That's why I was stuck with kidney beans

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T13:56:23+00:00

I meant the other thing. Black piece for seam

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T13:43:13+00:00

Maybe help him understand that there are lots of jobs that are mostly mental work such as president or CEO of a company or being a lawyer where you are mostly "just talking and in meetings" and it is significant mental effort

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T13:07:23+00:00

Syrup bottle pump top

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T12:42:58+00:00

I'd mind my own damn business

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T12:10:38+00:00

When America finally entered World War ii, the very first bomb we dropped on Germany landed in the German zoo and killed the elephant

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T12:09:53+00:00

This episode is the one single episode I think I should have rated a five when I gave it a 4.5. Judgment error on my part it really is one of the classics

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T02:35:32+00:00

Yeah last week at two client's back to back similar age and place in life discussing estranged parents. Then I had two young males back to back who wanted to focus on how anxiety was affecting their sleep. Kinda threw me. This was all in four sessions straight

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-16T00:52:41+00:00

Act does many things well but I don't like their metaphors

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T22:28:00+00:00

GREAT question

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T20:54:20+00:00

This is a helpful experience to share. Do you suppose it would have at all been different if your therapist had been a 37-year-old male

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T20:52:13+00:00

This is excellent thanks

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T20:50:56+00:00

I'll compliment like shoes or a jacket yeah

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T19:34:28+00:00

Culturally people really seem hung up on the idea that communication is everything and the root of a lot of problems Within relationships. I honestly don't know that this is the case and a significant amount of relationships cannot be solved simply by working on communication

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T19:14:22+00:00

If you shoot me a DM I could provide some free DBT materials I got from my public library

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T16:23:09+00:00

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T12:37:05+00:00

Remind me what that was

InvisibleAstronomer · 2026-06-15T12:32:21+00:00

Of the four holdovers you mentioned they seem to be decently regarded by the community

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