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Therapy: It's Worth It

I'm in therapy. My therapy journey started 9 years ago, after my mother died unexpectedly.

Psychotherapy concept. Psychologist and patient with tangled and untangled mind metaphor, doctor solving psychological problems, couch consu
Psychotherapy concept. Psychologist and patient with tangled and untangled mind metaphor, doctor solving psychological problems, couch consu (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

By Kim Ureno

I’m in therapy.

My therapy journey started 9 years ago, after my mother died unexpectedly.
Therapy has helped me through countless struggles, the most prominent being my infertility journey.

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After my twins were born in 2016, I stopped going to therapy and looking back, that was when I needed therapy the most. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was trying to be the mother I wanted to be, while ignoring the elephant in the room— my own childhood trauma.

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If you are considering therapy and don’t know where to start, visit jcsbalt.org or call 410-466-9200 for help.

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