The Sesh journal
Notes on quiet the noise.
Field notes, guides, and the thinking behind Sesh.
- 01
Winding Down Therapy Without Losing What You Gained
Ending therapy well is its own skill. How to taper off, become your own therapist, and keep the progress you made when the weekly hour is gone.
2026-06-11
6 min read
- 02
Reading Your Own Patterns: What Recurring Themes Reveal
The same subject keeps surfacing in therapy and you barely notice. How to read recurring themes in therapy — and why the patterns you can't see hold the most.
2026-06-09
6 min read
- 03
Types of Therapy, and How to Tell Which One Fits You
CBT, psychodynamic, IFS, EMDR — the different types of therapy aren't interchangeable. A plain guide to how the major approaches differ and how to find the right fit.
2026-06-05
7 min read
- 04
When You Have Nothing to Talk About in Therapy
You sit down, your therapist asks where you'd like to start, and your mind goes blank. What having nothing to talk about in therapy really means — and what to do.
2026-06-01
6 min read
- 05
The Therapy Plateau: When Sessions Stop Feeling Like Progress
Therapy used to feel like movement. Now you circle the same ground. What a therapy plateau really means, why progress stalls, and how to tell stuck from done.
2026-05-26
6 min read
- 06
Why Therapy Insights Fade — and What Memory Has to Do With It
The breakthrough felt unforgettable in the room. A week later it's gone. Why therapy insights fade, what memory consolidation has to do with it, and how to hold on.
2026-05-21
7 min read
- 07
Feeling Worse After Therapy Doesn't Mean It's Not Working
If you leave some sessions heavier than you arrived, you might be doing it right. Why feeling worse after therapy is often a sign of progress, not failure.
2026-05-14
6 min read
- 08
How to Get More Out of Every Therapy Session
Most of us walk into therapy empty-handed and hope the hour fills itself. Here is how to get more out of every therapy session by arriving with a thread to pull.
2026-05-07
6 min read
- 09
Between Therapy Sessions Is Where Change Actually Happens
The insight that landed in the room is just a seed. What you do between therapy sessions — in the other 167 hours — is what actually changes things.
2026-04-26
5 min read
- 10
Keeping Therapy Notes Private Is a Practice, Not a Setting
Keeping therapy notes private isn't just about app settings. It's an active practice — the series of small choices that make honest self-reflection possible.
2026-04-17
4 min read
- 11
Keeping Your Therapy Private Is a Practice, Not Just a Setting
Keeping therapy private isn't only about which app you use — it's a daily practice of boundaries, honesty, and protecting the space where real change happens.
2026-04-08
4 min read
- 12
The Post-Therapy Ritual That Makes the Other Six Days Count
Between sessions is where therapy actually works. Building a steady post-therapy ritual takes ninety seconds — and compounds quietly over months.
2026-03-30
5 min read
- 13
What to Write Down After Therapy (and What to Skip)
A practical, kind guide to what to write down after therapy — the four things that pay off and the two that quietly waste your time.
2026-03-21
6 min read
- 14
Why Your Therapy Notes Shouldn't Live in the Cloud
A plain-English case for keeping therapy notes private: why the cloud is the wrong place for them, and what private therapy journaling actually looks like.
2026-03-12
7 min read