r/TalkTherapy is a subreddit with 138k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses therapy, therapist, session, feelings, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review headphones/earbuds and journals.
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
Pain & Anger
: "Is anybody else worried about becoming a bad person?"
23 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Do therapists know when their patient is actually the villain?"
17 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Use of ai to transcribe sessions?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/TalkTherapy
#1
Therapy
: "I started Therapy thinking I would just talk through a few problems, get some coping tools, and slowly become a more functional version of myself."
299 posts
#2
Therapist
: "I hugged my Therapist today."
187 posts
#3
Session
: "Therapy got heated at the end of the Session today and now Ive been crying for over an hour…."
73 posts
#4
Feelings
: "Is anybody else worried about becoming a bad person?"
44 posts
#5
Struggling
29 posts
#6
Feel
: "Therapy got heated at the end of the session today and now Ive been crying for over an hour…."
14 posts
#7
Hate
13 posts
#8
Relationship
: "My Therapist Says I Am Not Ready For A Serious Relationship"
13 posts
#9
Attachment
: "Scared my worst Attachment fear in therapy is coming true"
13 posts
#10
Anxiety
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/TalkTherapy
Headphones/earbuds
1 review
#1
Bose
5.0★ from 1 review
Journals
1 review
#1
Happy Planner
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/TalkTherapy
#1
Advice
: "Child therapist inappropriate behavior"
38 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Is anybody else worried about becoming a bad person?"
16 posts
#3
Support
: "I left therapy yesterday with a raw, disproportionate terror."
13 posts
#4
Venting
: "Shitty defense mechanism 😍"
11 posts
#5
Image/Meme/Comic
: "“Can we slow down and notice what’s coming up for you?”"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/TalkTherapy
Yearly
+16k members(13.0%)
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Last updated: June 4, 2026