10 Things To Be Honest With Your Therapist About

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Things you feel ashamed of

Your shame is where you’ll get the most work done. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll start making progress in therapy. So whatever that is for you – sexual attraction to an inappropriate party, disordered eating habits, sleeping with a married man, compulsive stealing – just know that hiding it is just a waste of your time and money (therapy isn’t traditionally budget-friendly). Also know that, while you may think these things are unrelated to what you’re in therapy for, they’re probably related in some way. The human mind-body connection is a mysterious one and an unattended issue in one end can come out another end in a surprising way. Translation: the more information your therapist has, the better. You tell your doctor if you suddenly have terrible gas, right? So, what’s your “emotional gas?” How is that coming out? Tell your therapist.