Six weeks into therapy, Kassie was beginning to understand the difference between healing and simply surviving. The journal Dr. Chen had recommended had become a daily practice, and reading back through her early entries, she could see patterns in her thinking that she’d never noticed before.
*Week 1: Every man who talks to me at the grocery store might be lying about something.*
*Week 3: Realized I’ve been assuming everyone has ulterior motives, even the mailman.*
*Week 5: Had coffee with another mom from Marie’s cheer team without analyzing every word she said for hidden meanings.*
It was progress, slow and sometimes frustrating, but undeniable.
“Tell me about this week,” Dr. Chen said during their Thursday afternoon session. Emma was at her grandmother’s house with Lee, Aaron, and
