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Analyse this: a therapy special

In a closer look at the state of therapy today, we bust myths about what good treatment entails, get an insight into what a top therapist is really thinking, ask whether AI chatbots could be gamechangers – and hear about the chilling day one therapist crossed the line …

  • Morwenna Ferrier wearing a black suit, sitting in a brown velvet chair against a brown backdrop

    I saw my therapist weekly for two years. Then he let slip he’d been watching me. Had he crossed a line?

    He said it lightly, but I was unsettled. The trust had curdled
  • Photomontage of a head turned away with a robot next to its ear, all dressed in white like a doctor, stethoscope round its neck, holding a notepad and pen

    ‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing?

    It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
  • Illustration of a man with his head to his forehead, looking stressed

    No, it’s not all your mother’s fault! And 10 other myths about going to therapy, busted

    From talking about sex to making you lie down: top practitioners on what’s true and what’s not
  • Saturday magazine MARCH 2
Therapy issue
illustration credit Anna  Kiosse
*please note the white border/space on the right hand side and along the bottom should be cropped off before use - they're not part of the illustration.

    ‘What the hell is she doing here?’: the day an A-list actor came to me for therapy

    Ever wondered what the therapist is really thinking? Joshua Fletcher reveals his inner monologue during sessions with a particularly memorable client
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