The Unspoken Truths of Being a Therapist: When You're Not Sure You're Helping

The Unspoken Truths of Being a Therapist: When You're Not Sure You're Helping.

The Question That Haunts Us

Every experienced therapist knows this moment intimately. You're sitting with a client you genuinely care about—someone you've been seeing for weeks, perhaps months. You've drawn from your training, applied your best clinical skills, offered thoughtful interventions. Yet something feels stuck. Progress seems elusive, and you find yourself wondering:

"Am I actually helping this person?"