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When therapy feels like it's keeping you stuck in victim mode

I've been in therapy for five years talking about the same issues and I'm starting to wonder if I'm just addicted to being broken.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The therapeutic focus on problems can paradoxically reinforce identification with dysfunction rather than supporting natural movement toward health and growth.

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