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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle Seguera.
Today we're talking about breakups, but not with a romantic partner, with your therapist.
If you see a therapist, you may have had this experience.
You know, you go every week and it's fine, but a lot of the time you don't feel like you have a ton to say or you do talk about your day or whatever, but then you leave feeling confused.
I mean, I have friends who are therapists who, like, talk to me about should they leave their therapist.
And I think there's that level of, like, I don't actually know what we're doing anymore.
That's Mariah Seager de Gere, a licensed marriage and family therapist and the in house relationship expert at an app for couples called Paired.
So sometimes it's should I stay or should I go?
Other times it's obvious that you want to leave, but you don't know how to do it.
On this episode of Life Kit, we're going to talk about how to know when it's time and how to actually break up.
The method, by the way, could involve anything from ghosting to a sit down.
Conversation depends on the situation.
Mariah and I are also going to walk through some role play scenarios which we hope will give you language for these tricky, often vulnerable conversations.
There are a lot of reasons you might want to end things with your therapist.
Let's start with the best case scenario.
You're comfortable with your therapist.
You've seen progress.
You're handling situations better and coping more effectively with stress.
You might decide, okay, so it's time for me to end therapy, at least for now, and go out there on my own.