Alpha Quote by Rollo Tomassi

“The patient brings with him into therapy all the failures and suspicions and losses he has experienced through his life. The defensive forms of…

— Jeremy Holmes

“The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline.”

— Michael Adzema

As open as you can be about it and as willing as you want to kind of experiment with therapy, you still have to…

— Tyler Posey

“Most therapists grew up struggling to be loved and accepted by others. Because of these early experiences, many of us find it difficult to…

— Louis Cozolino

In therapy , the therapist acts as a container for what we daren't let out, because it is so scary, or what lets itself…

— Jeanette Winterson

“I once met a woman who'd been in therapy... and it seemed like the big thing she'd learned was to ignore everything she thought…

— Michael Marshall Smith

You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing: the therapist…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“The therapist's worldview is in itself isolating. Seasoned therapists view relationships differently, they sometimes lose patience with social ritual and bureaucracy, they cannot abide…

— Irvin D. Yalom

Where I come from these days, anybody who isn't seeing a therapist needs to.

— Edna Buchanan

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

— Albert Ellis

“I thought part of the idea of having therapy was putting one in touch with his or her feelings. And don’t give me all…

— Olga Núñez Miret

The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.

— Irvin D. Yalom