Therapists are often expected to be calm, neutral, and unaffected, regardless of what enters the room. Yet therapists are human—and that humanity is not a liability; it is an essential part of the clinical process. In this episode of Therapists’ Take, we examine what it truly means when therapists are human and why that matters in practice. We explore the distinction between having internal reactions and acting on them, how self-awareness functions as clinical data, and why professionalism is not the absence of feeling, but the capacity to regulate and use it ethically.

The episode concludes with our bonus segment, “Would We Say That in Session?”, where we evaluate popular mental health phrases and separate social media advice from sound clinical practice.

This conversation is for clients, clinicians, and anyone interested in how therapy remains both deeply human and clinically safe

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00:00 - Introduction | Hi, Carrie!

02:00 - The Unaffected Therapist

09:25 - Self-Disclosure as a Tool

17:45 - Problem Solvers

19:32 - Course Correction

30:27 - Would we say that in session?

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Book: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb - https://amzn.to/4pDQEbZ

Book: Letters to a Young Therapist by Mary Pipher - https://amzn.to/4pEfXL3

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