The Empty Promise of Therapy Without a Therapist
The Atlantic · 17 Sep 2026

The Empty Promise of Therapy Without a Therapist

What happens when our therapists are no longer able to feel? Therapy can involve a lot of words, but it’s often the pauses that matter most. If you transcribed a session, the pauses would look like nothing: beats of silence, extra breaths, slowing down. But these can represent the crux of the practi


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