Dope Therapy: A Radical Guide to Owning Your Therapy Journey

This book will aid a person seeking therapy connect with a therapist and know what to expect, as well as how to make the most of sessions and the therapeutic alliance/relationship. Sometimes there are barriers to accessing therapy when one needs it. These can range from access, but this book looks more at cultural roadblocks when it comes to seeking counseling and other forms of psychiatric help and wellness services.

Therapist Shani Tran explains the source of many of these anxieties and potential misconceptions to help the reader overcome barriers and assumptions about who needs therapy, who benefits from it, and if it’s for them. She addresses concerns, including for people who are already working with a therapist, to troubleshoot healing. Like what if therapy isn’t working? Is medication necessary? What happens if you share dark thoughts like suicide with a therapist? Should you stop going to therapy/“break up” with your therapist? All this and more!