Therapy | Tom Linde, MSW

Is Seattle Depressing?

February 20, 2009 by Tom Linde

Question:

I moved to Seattle to renew my life, yet I’ve been as depressed as ever. Shouldn’t I be less vulnerable in a beautiful place like this?

I Can’t Stop Thinking About my Trauma

February 2, 2009 by Tom Linde

Question:

Can you explain to me why it helps with post-traumatic stress to revisit the upsetting event or scene?

I Want a Therapist who Likes Me

January 12, 2009 by Tom Linde

Question:

I want a therapist who likes me. Therapists I’ve had in the past seem to just seem to want to to want to get me in and get me out. Or, they’d treat me like a child, using pity and patronizing. Another one was young and inexperienced and seemed awed by me which wasn’t helpful, and I imagine others are remote and analytical, too removed.