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LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone Joined: 2025-06-10

BottleBoardBakon@lemmy.ml Joined: 2026-05-17

Therapy is for getting things out that you otherwise wouldn't. Sometimes that's just some crazy drama 🪿

ickplant@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-14

Ventilation, aka venting, can absolutely be a valid form of processing stuff in session.

If I am observing a “vent session” taking place in my therapy room, I listen first then gently ask my clients if they want to use this “gossip” as “gristle for the mill” and go deeper into analyzing and processing or if they just need to blow off steam.

If you paid someone to listen to you talk in a way that you wouldn’t be able to with anyone else, that’s not money wasted, IMO.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)