Me and my therapist have mutuals.

Me and my therapist have mutuals. That’s how I know I’ve picked the right therapist.

I’ve shared about my therapy journey really openly on Human to Human. Actually, therapy is the ENTIRE reason I started my podcast.

I was having these insane epiphanies and was likeee… “ok so I’m just supposed to keep this to myself! I need to tell somebody. No everybody!! Well whoever’s willing to listen….”

Tiny backstory: I started seeing a virtual therapist in 2020 I found through Inkblot (Canadian matching platform like Better Help). My therapist lived in Alberta, me in Toronto. So I saw her virtually for years and she was life changing.

Eventually I started feeling a bit stagnant in my journey with her and paused therapy altogether.

Then I went searching again maybe in like 2023? Tried a few virtual therapists and didn’t find a fit.

Fast forward to June of 2024, living in Toronto, struggling with the chaotic city energy, I searched for an IRL therapist.

I just checked my records…. for 6 months I saw this new therapist nearly EVERY WEEK. Insane.

I remember my bookkeeper (aka my mom) helping me with my 2024 taxes, seeing my therapy bills going… “wow you really were having a hard time.” Lol yes and I’m not afraid to pay for help to support me through it.

Once I moved back to the depths of west Toronto suburbia, the commute got too long and I was yet again, without a therapist.

Okay there is a time and place for therapy and a time and place for solo healing. But god do I love having someone to vent to about things.

If you don’t know, Josh (my boyfriend) and I have been staying in an Airbnb in the city for 5 weeks. Trial move in, break from parental homes, pre Josh ACL surgery type fun.

Lots of epiphanies are going on and omg I realized closer to my IRL therapist that I loved so much. So I booked in!!!! And am writing this fresh off my post dinner post therapy sesh.

There is something to be said about having a local therapist that lowkey you could literally run into anywhere. I love her so I think it’d be jokes and the reason I am such a stan for her is she gets me. She gets my job, she literally has visited both my workplaces (pilates and contrast therapy).

Not only that, we found out today we have a mutual… LOL of course that’s confidential and weird but it actually makes me feel at ease because I picked a therapist I can connect with so well that we have crossover.

Everyone’s therapy needs are different and they absolutely change depending on the season of life we’re in…. But what this made me realize is how important it is for me (personally) to have common interests, similar sense of humour and to lowkey think she’s a baddie. 

I dip into what I’m exploring with my therapist in my new episode if you want to give it a listen.

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And cheers to working through our shit.