Is Therapy Selfish?
Danica Zomer, Csw-pip
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
One of the critiques I’ve heard about therapy, is that it often results in selfishness. People start therapy, identify all of their problems, and then only want to focus on what’s good for them; which leads to selfishness. There may actually be a thread of truth to some of that, but like most things, it’s not the full story. Today, I’d like to explore where this concept comes from and also provide a little bit of additional truth to what therapy is really like and what someone might gain from this experience.