r/TalkTherapy is a subreddit with 138k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses therapy, therapist, session, feelings, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review journaling app and headphones/earbuds.
Have a question about something that happened in therapy? Want to know how your experience compares to other peoples? Wondering what the heck your therapist is talking about? Thinking about going into therapy but want to know what it's like from a patient's perspective? Share your psychotherapy stories and questions here.
Clients and therapists are both welcome to exchange perspectives and ideas.
Please be kind to each other.
Popular Themes in r/TalkTherapy
#1
Advice Requests
: "My therapist has cancer."
34 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Is anybody else worried about becoming a bad person?"
26 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I guess I should probably find a new therapist"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "How much do you think it's a fair price for a therapy session?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/TalkTherapy
#1
Therapy
: "It took almost 4 years, but I finally cried in Therapy. And it was the best session we’ve had :)"
338 posts
#2
Therapist
: "why do Therapist say “reach out if you need anything”"
229 posts
#3
Session
: "Therapy got heated at the end of the Session today and now Ive been crying for over an hour…."
63 posts
#4
Feelings
: "Should I tell my social worker I have sexual Feelings for her? UPDATE"
32 posts
#5
Struggling
29 posts
#6
Attachment
: "Struggling with Attachment and maternal transference"
18 posts
#7
Feel
: "Therapy got heated at the end of the session today and now Ive been crying for over an hour…."
14 posts
#8
Hate
13 posts
#9
Anxiety
: "Therapist told me that Satan was causing my Anxiety."
13 posts
#10
Transference
: "Transferred for Transference, feeling abandoned, can anyone help me make sense of this?"
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/TalkTherapy
Journaling App
5 reviews
#1
Day One
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Microsoft
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Journey
4.0★ from 1 review
Headphones/earbuds
1 review
#1
Bose
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/TalkTherapy
#1
Advice
: "Child therapist inappropriate behavior"
36 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Is anybody else worried about becoming a bad person?"
15 posts
#3
Support
: "Should I tell my social worker I have sexual feelings for her? UPDATE"
15 posts
#4
Venting
: "why do therapist say “reach out if you need anything”"
14 posts
#5
Image/Meme/Comic
: "Therapy you are looking for"
1 post
#6
Mod Approved Study
: "(Mod approved study) Participants need to look at Muslim women's experiences with BACP counsellors"
1 post
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Yearly
+16k members(13.2%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026