My therapeutic relationship has been a healing model of how to mother. I've internalized some of the empathy and knowledge from my therapist and found it made me more open to understanding and helping my daughter than when I was parenting her without any of that maternal influence.

Also, intentionally and unintentionally, I've gained the ability to be more open, in-the-moment and honest with my husband, and to a lesser extent with others based on how accepting my therapist is of my disclosures, and the feeling of normalizing them.

It isn't a cure-all, but it has been helpful.