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If you have a friend who has been in therapy for years, or if—perhaps—someone has suggested that you attend therapy, you might be thinking, “What do people even talk about in there? How much is there to say?” Well, so long as you are living, there is a lot to say. Therapy doesn’t have to simply address a one-time traumas or times of crisis. Simply being alive can be complicated, confusing, and difficult. Some people attend therapy knowing exactly what they’d like to fix. Others go to therapy because they don’t feel they can help themselves, but they don’t quite know what they need help with yet—they just know that they’re unhappy. Some people think they know what their issue is, but that’s often just a distraction they’ve come up with to look away from the real problem. Either way, there’s a lot to talk about, but much of human discussion and deliberation focuses on many of the same common themes. Here are the most common things discussed in therapy.

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Critical, overbearing parents

Parents who are too involved in or critical of one’s life. They call too much, give their input where it isn’t wanted, openly disapprove of their child’s career, romantic partners, lifestyle, and more. And their children don’t know how to have a close, loving relationship with these parents, without feeling judged or just plain angry after every encounter.

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