Fear of judgment at work is usually a story you tell yourself, not reality. A therapist keeps everything confidential unless you say otherwise. Start by talking to a trusted colleague or your company's mental health rep, then tell your boss if you need space for your wellbeing.
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Well, the fear of judgment is a really interesting conversation, right? Because the fear of judgment is usually a narrative or a story that we create in our own mind, and nothing's actually happened yet. We're usually time traveling, we're going out into the future thinking, well, what if this happens? What if they think that? What if this, this happens? It needs to be approached on a case-by-case basis, but any decent therapist will keep 100% confidentiality. I guarantee this to every single person that I work with. Unless I ask for permission to share a testimonial or something along those lines, I will not share anything. If you feel that you're under a lot of pressure in your work environment right now and you need space to work on yourself, then that is a moment where I would advise communicating it to your employer. And if there's somebody who you trust within that business who you can communicate it to first in the confidence that they won't say it to anybody else, then that's the way which I probably approach that. Most businesses have a mental health representative within the business these days. That would be a first port of call. Good person to start with. That would be a good person to start with.
