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How To Find the Right Therapist

  • byJohanne Konnerup Schwensen
  • September 21, 2026
  • 14 minute read
Therapy is hard work! Read this guide on how to find the right therapist for your needs, no matter what you’re looking for.
  • 5 minute read

The Best Alternatives to BetterHelp in 2026

  • byIt's Complicated
  • August 27, 2026
When the industry of online therapy was scaled up to provide superfast matching, we lost a bit of…
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  • 4 minute read

Is It The Right Time For Therapy?

  • byPhilip Sheldon
  • September 21, 2026
Common Fears Around Going To Counselling and What to Expect Is this the right time for me? How…
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  • 12 minute read

What Is an Employee Assistance Programme? A Guide to Employee Mental Health Benefits for HR

  • byGalia Bazarkina
  • November 11, 2026
What an employee assistance programme (EAP) is, what it includes, how EAPs are priced and what HR should check before choosing an EAP provider.
  • 6 minute read

What Is Codependency? How Couples Therapy Can Help

  • byDiana Tutschek
  • November 5, 2026
Partners in an intimate relationship naturally count on one another, wishing for comfort, support and companionship. Achieving both…
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  • 7 minute read

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in an Age of Immediacy

  • byCarolina Stanescu Dantis
  • October 29, 2026
Psychoanalysis was not designed for immediacy, nor to make us happy. In a society that has quietly made…
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  • 5 minute read

Supporting Employees During Restructuring: 5 Steps for HR

  • byZsófia Nyul
  • October 27, 2026
How to support employees during restructuring: five research-informed steps for HR and managers, from honest communication to confidential mental health support.
  • 13 minute read

Why Moving Abroad Can Make You Feel Less Competent

  • byAlexandra Popkova
  • October 22, 2026
Moving abroad has a strange way of making highly capable people question themselves. You may have spent years…
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  • 9 minute read

A 4-Step Framework for Highly Sensitive People

  • byRuven Hanohov
  • October 8, 2026
One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a highly sensitive person is pretending that you’re not…
  • 5 minute read

4 Types of Loneliness: A Gestalt Therapy Perspective

  • byAleksandr Kharitonov
  • October 1, 2026
A Gestalt therapist explains four types of loneliness, social, emotional, existential and inner, and what each reveals about contact and self.
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  • 5 minute read

The Perfectionism Trap: Why Flawlessness Holds You Back

  • byBegum Uyumaz
  • September 24, 2026
A persistent sense of being “not enough” has become a nearly universal part of modern life. We live…
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  • 12 minute read

Understanding Reactive Anger After Narcissistic Abuse

  • bySimone Witte
  • September 10, 2026
One of the most painful questions I hear from people recovering from emotionally abusive or narcissistic relationships is:…
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  • 3 minute read

High-Functioning Depression: When Productivity Hides Distress

  • bySibel Karamaras
  • August 27, 2026
Imagine someone who consistently meets deadlines, maintains close relationships and appears to be managing life well. From the…

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It's Complicated is surveying clients and practitioners across Europe on how AI is showing up in therapy, and what Europe's new disclosure…

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