Why did this feel like an insult?

Name: Why did this feel like an insult?
Uploaded: 2024-03-04T11:00:53+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Vanessa Marin
Description: Vanessa Marin, a therapist, felt insulted when her partner Xander suggested couples therapy, even though she believed in it professionally. She explores…

4 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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Vanessa Marin, a therapist, felt insulted when her partner Xander suggested couples therapy, even though she believed in it professionally. She explores why the suggestion stung and how she came to see it differently.

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There were times that I felt annoyed at Xander for even suggesting that we go to therapy. Even with my belief in therapy, even as a therapist myself, there was that little voice in the back of my head where I would hear Xander say, like, can we go to therapy to get help with this? And it would just sound like an insult to me. I think that just goes to show you how strong of a stigma there is against therapy. That even as a therapist, my gut reaction to can we go to therapy? Was like, this is an insult. This is a bad thing. It's like a sign that something's wrong with the relationship. I wanted to share that to encourage people that, like, look, I was in that same position, too, and I came around to the idea of it. And spoiler alert, I'm so fucking glad that we're doing it.