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I like to use metaphors to explain complex topics in therapy druing sessions. After an idividual therapy session with a new client, I decided to do some groceries and, as always, bought too many items. As I was carrying them to the car, parked approximately nearby, I had to stop a couple of times to readjust everything. It was very hard to carry my bag and my laptop that were constantly slipping from my shoulder and two huge bags full of groceries. But after my third stop, I have managed to adjust everything so well that the weight was perfectly distributed and my elbows were able to hold the slipping bag and laptop while holding the bottom of the heaviest bags. I felt relief. This is a great methaphor of how therapy works. It is not a magic trick or a pill you take. During or after therapy, your 'heavy load' does not dissapear and your do not vanish, they simply get redistributed and managed in a way that they do not weight you down. Therapy is a support system and a tool to become stronger and learn how to cope with what you have, even if you chose to carry heavy bags with you.