Video Collection · For Supporters · 4 Videos
How to Support Someone Through Their Therapy
Short videos for when someone you love is doing the work, and you want to show up well.
How this collection works
- Who watches this
- You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
- When
- Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
- What each beat is for
- Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
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How to support someone in therapy
Dr Claire Plumbly · 2 min
A clinical psychologist on what supporting someone in therapy actually asks of you.
Takeaway
Don't quiz them after each session about whether it 'worked.' Give the process room, then ask what they actually need — space, or a lift and dinner.
Reflection
01
Make a rule with yourself: instead of asking 'did it help?' after their next session, send one open text like 'thinking of you today — no need to reply.' Draft it now.
02
Pick one practical thing that frees up space for the work — a lift to the appointment, dinner that night, picking up their kids — and offer that specific thing this week.
03
Write down the question you keep wanting to ask them, then decide which ones to hold back so you're giving the process room instead of monitoring it.
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