Shari B. Kaplan, LCSWIntegrative Mental Health

When Healing Changes Your Relationships

15 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from her YouTube video, therapist Shari B. Kaplan explains that effective therapy is fundamentally repair work: it asks you to clarify what you truly want for yourself rather than merely coping with your current life. She emphasizes that healing requires a deliberate reorganization of belief systems and behaviors, and warns that once you begin to improve, you may encounter resistance from people who are unhealthy or uncomfortable with your change. Kaplan advises viewers to choose a therapist who understands these dynamics and to be prepared for relational push‑back, ultimately positioning therapy as a pathway to rebuilding one’s life after healing.

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What do you want for yourself instead of how you're doing life today? And that's what therapy is really good for, is the repair work. And then you have to reorganize your belief system with your behaviors together to move forward. Because once you heal, some people in your life don't like that. If you get well, there's a lot of resistance around you from people who aren't healthy. Yeah, that's true. And, and I think that you need to be prepared for that and have a therapist who understands that you're going to be working with that. And then you get to rebuild your life.