Therapist Answers "Do You Cry in Session?" and "Is Crying Good for You?"

Explore the therapeutic value of crying in sessions with Emma McAdam, LMFT, as she discusses emotional expression and its role in mental health.
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Sometimes I get asked “Do you cry in session? Do you cry with clients?”
And "Is crying good for you?"
The answer is "Yes, of course I do."
I am one of those people where there’s a direct connection from my emotions to my tear ducts.
I think I’m a highly sensitive person.
I cry easily.

I remember one time when I was in elementary school, we watched a movie about a girl and her horse. She loved the horse, and when the horse died, I sobbed so much that the teacher asked me if I was okay.

And that scene in I Am Legend when the dog dies, I ugly cried, snot and all in the theater. I pretty much hate books and movies with animals because they always die and that makes me sob - like whose idea is it to make kids read Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller and all the other books where the dog dies?

I’m so good at crying that I even got an award for it at work once. We were having a special naming ceremony and my boss honored me with the name “Weeping heart seeker.”

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In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction.
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