Therapy doesn't have a fixed length — it has a direction. Some people need a few sessions to pick up tools for a specific challenge. Others are working through terrain that took years to form. What shapes the timeline isn't how broken you are. It's what you're carrying, how often you show up, and how far you're willing to go. Start with eight to twelve sessions. See what shifts. The path looks different once you're actually on it.

People start therapy for a lot of different reasons, and most of them are pretty everyday. A job that won't stop following you home, a relationship hitting the same wall, or just a chapter of life that's harder than expected. There's no threshold you have to meet first. Here are six of the most common reasons people decide to make an appointment.

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