I'm incredibly selective about who I tell that I'm in therapy. The list is my husband, my closest friend + one not as close friend but who is a therapist herself and is the one who was super encouraging in me even getting help the first place. I'm lucky my husband is supportive, he's had his own struggles with mental health before but treats his with medication. (Nothing wrong with that!) The two friends are encouraging as well. I keep therapy a secret from everyone else, which has occasionally led to some cover ups, like when my husband was working and I needed my inlaws to pick up our son from school so I could go to therapy appointment. (I told them I had to work late.) I'm in therapy partially because of my inlaws (well, ok, my own issues that I see projected onto the family), so I really don't want to go there with them. From everyone else, not 100% sure why I keep it a secret, other than I'm a private person and I'm just now telling the story of my abusive childhood, which I've never really told anyone, including my husband of 12 years.

I don't really discuss the details of therapy with anyone--my husband gets some highlights, maybe an interesting point my therapist made, but that's it. I treasure my therapy time too much to share a lot with others--to me a good therapist/ client relationship is such a private, treasured relationship that I like to keep all the details to myself when it's going well like it is now. I always take notes when I leave each therapy appointment, but those go in my journal, which only I read.