Am I Allowed to Ask? 10 Common Questions People are Afraid to Bring Up in Therapy - Full Color Psychology

When therapy is working, there are lots of moments where the goals and directions we’re heading together as client and therapist are clear. Where the process can be grasped in a way that makes sense.But it’s also normal – standard, even – to sometimes run into things that are fuzzy or unclear. Or places where questions naturally emerge. And for a combination of pretty understandable reasons, there are some questions in particular that clients in therapy are hesitant or even scared to ask.In this article I want to talk about some of the most common questions I’ve run into both in therapy and in conversations I observe about therapy. I see variants of these questions all the time, especially in spaces where people talk to each other about their experiences in therapy – on social media, reddit forums, comment sections, etc.So for those of you already in therapy, see how many of these are things you’ve wondered yourself in the process of working with your therapist. For those considering t...