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Resources

We at COR believe that paying someone to ask you how that makes you feel deserves a little explanation.

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Therapy can be enlightening, uncomfortable, occasionally life-changing and, at times, frankly rather odd.

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Why does your therapist keep asking questions instead of giving you answers? Are six sessions supposed to fix thirty years of being you? And if therapy is working, does that mean you’ll have to stop speaking to your mother?

 

Fair questions, all of them.

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We've put together The Therapy Notes to tackle the questions, worries and peculiarities that come with psychotherapy and counselling. The things people wonder about but don't always feel comfortable asking. Including, rather inconveniently, the things they don't want their therapist to know they're wondering about.

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No mystical explanations. No promises of miraculous transformations. Just psychologically informed, research-backed answers, a little dry humour and the occasional hard truth.

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Because we at COR believe that therapy can be complicated enough without making a mystery of how it works.

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Browse the guides below. They're free, and you don't need to understand your childhood to download one.

What if I don't feel better after 6 sessions?

You’ve spent decades becoming who you are, so is it reasonable to expect six hours of conversation to change everything?

Am I just paying someone to listen to me?

You do all the talking, they ask the occasional question, and somehow you're the one paying, but what exactly are you getting for your money?

Why are we talking about my childhood when my problems are happening now?

You've got enough problems in the present without dragging up something your parents said in 1998 - so what's the point?

Some sessions lead to breakthroughs, others seem pointless. Is this normal?

Last week you had a profound revelation; this week you've discussed your commute for fifty minutes and are beginning to question the return on investment.

Why won't my therapist just tell me what to do?

You’ve explained the problem, asked for advice and paid for the privilege, only to discover your therapist has decided to answer your question with another question.

Will therapy make me feel worse before I feel better?

You started therapy to feel better, not to uncover an entire collection of feelings you’d been doing a perfectly good job of avoiding.

Questions?

If you have questions about these resources, or would like to discuss how therapy might support your reflection, please get in touch.

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