This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. At self-work we discuss psychological and emotional issues and what you can do about them.

Whether that's learning self-acceptance, taking action, or seeking therapy or treatment.

Eight years ago, I extended the walls of my practice to reach those of you

who might already be knowledgeable about mental health treatment, but also to those of you

who might say you'd never jark in the door of a therapist.

And yet you are here.

I'll answer your questions.

While I invite you to take a few minutes

for your own self-work.

I've heard that there's a recent Tik-Tock trend on being your therapist's favorite, even suggestions on how to make that happen.

First, I'd ask myself if that's a dynamic in therapy, how could it be tied to you and your life?

Were you never favored as a child?

Was the fit between you and a parent really hard?

Have you ever felt like someone's favorite or are you longing for that? You can see how questions

about this might be endless. Welcome to this week's edition of Self Work.

Today's Self Work was inspired by feedback from members of my Facebook group when I asked for

potential topics for the future, things they'd want to hear about.

Several of them

here. Everything from how to talk with your therapist about what's not

working for you to how to leave therapy are some of the topics And I found a great article on the

mindful center website about this. The article outlined that just like

contractors might like to work to build new houses where others love the

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