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Sep 2025
42m 4s

Self-Trust: Why You Can't Trust Yourself...

Kati Morton, LMFT
About this episode
Why is it so hard to trust yourself? Licensed therapist Kati Morton shares a simple promise-keeping strategy to rebuild self-trust and answers six listener questions about therapy and mental health. We cover healthy vs. unhealthy attachment to your therapist, therapists who avoid deep work, protection vs. control in therapy, the root causes of intimacy fear ... Show More
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