I have gone through different phases over the two and half years that I've been in therapy with this therapist. When I started, I was a size 8 and very very fashionable and concerned about how I looked. I've gained weight recently (a long time eating disorder that goes from low to high) and now I don't care what I wear, as long as it's comfortable and covering! The only concern for me is that I not wear the same shirt or pants I wore last week!

I do think that how we feel about ourselves, where we are in our self worth, relates to how we dress for therapy. My therapist is a fashionable dresser, perhaps a clothes horse, but a moderate one. I am one of those when I'm feeling good about myself physically, I work to dress fashionablly and have the assessories to match. . . that's not where I am right now!

BUT I gotta say, I do remember to wear the "tear" resistent mascara no matter how I'm feeling body wise. I don't know about anyone else but I want to be prepared for the "ugly cry" whether or not it is going to happen!!!!

I think looking competent, fashionable and together is a pretty standard thing for a lot of clients. Being emotionally comfortable is the key.