Heya,

my family are not overly close so I find it ok to talk about them...in fact I need to a lot of the time. I talk about people I am close to as well but I can understand how you could feel guilty for doing so.

In a way perhaps you could try to think of it as not talking about other people behind their back or betraying them but talking about them in relation to you. That it;s another way of talking about yourself, which it ultimately is as far as your Therapist is concerned as they are wanting to understand your life and your relationships.

Unlike just telling a friend or someone else about your family and relationships, in therapy it is completely confidential so what you say will not get back to hurt them in any way.

Perhaps you need to just start out small, like little facts about family members?

You sound like a very loyal person, which is a fantastic trait and I don't think anyone would want to take that away from you but if there is a need to talk about your relationships in your life in order to help you then it's about making a healthy choice in a safe, confidential environment