When Toxic Therapy Leaves You Hanging

It’s always a bad sign when you can overhear a session your therapist is having with another client. It was my first appointment, and I was sitting alone in the waiting room as a woman was choking on her tears on the other side of the door. Every word they exchanged was audible, and I felt so uncomfortable that I didn’t know where to look. Until, that is, my eyes rested on a row of pink felt slippers of varying sizes, which were laid out on the floor outside the consultation room. This wasn’t looking good at all. I was living in Berlin at the time, in the mid-2000s. The health insurance system in Germany meant you could have one initial session with up to five different psychotherapists before deciding which one to go with. This, I thought, was a good thing because I suspected every therapeutic relationship was unique and its success depended to a certain extent on the chemistry between the individuals concerned. So, when Number 5 asked me to take off my shoes, I immediately started reviewing my earlier options. <a href="https://medium.com/ellemeno/when-toxic-therapy-leaves-you-hanging-9d9e909f8ae9">Click Here</a>