It has been my experience that being smart helps in every domain of life, including within therapy, and outside of therapy. I have had periods in between rounds of therapy, most recently about 15 years, and much healing happened during that time. Some of that was deliberate healing, as in reading books and trying to attend to issues and make deliberate changes. Sometimes healing just happened living your life-- for me, being a mom and having a secure relationship allowed me to work out issues that I don't think would have ever been touched if I had just been in therapy.

You can use this site as a resource. Collectively, the people here have tackled all kinds of issues, in and out of therapy, and they are some of the best-read people I have ever known. If you post a question like "I want to learn something about ___, does anyone have any suggestions of things to read?

Anne