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Hi guys and welcome back to a new episode of Couch Talks. My name is Kat and I'm the host. If you are new

and you don't know what Couch Talks is, it is the special bonus episode of Unite Therapy where I answer

questions that you guys send to me directly and you send those to catherine at you need therapy podcast.com.

And before we get into anything, quick reminder that even though I'm answering questions that

you guys send to me, this still, like always, doesn't count as therapy. It's not a replacement

for therapy. But it still can be helpful and it still might lead you to seeking your own therapy or digging deeper in your own therapy that you're already doing.

Now, we always keep these questions anonymous just because, you know, I like to maintain everybody's safety here.

So we don't ever say your name or any identifying information so you can feel

really comfortable sending in your questions. I sometimes even change the stuff up a little bit to

make it less noticeable. Not that anybody would ever be able to figure out anyway, but I just like to be

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