Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?

Electroconvulsive therapy is not considered for garden-variety depression. If it's more refractory, if other treatments have failed or it's suicidal depression, and you don't have time to wait around to see if a medication is going to work, it's considered the gold standard of treatment.

Sometimes the best therapy I can recommend is getting a new puppy or kitten. It's not a betrayal of their other pet; it's just a new beginning and a way to move past the grief.

We don't do therapy here in a one-on-one sense, in the traditional way. These kids are savvy. They've been there, done that.

We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.

I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here."
"Is there something wrong with that?"
"Absolutely.