What Did Therapy Help You Survive This Year?
As the year winds down, you might be thinking about goals, plans, or what’s next. But before you leap ahead, we invite you to pause and reflect: What did therapy help you survive this year? Not just what you accomplished—but what you endured, healed, grieved, or made it through.
Survival Is Worth Honoring Therapy isn’t always about big breakthroughs. Sometimes it’s:
Getting out of bed on the hard days
Learning how to set one boundary
Finally naming something you’ve carried for years
Crying in front of someone safe, maybe for the first time
You might not have solved everything—but you stayed. You kept going. That matters.
The Smallest Shifts Can Be the Most Profound Maybe this year, therapy helped you:
Understand your anxiety instead of just reacting to it
Break a shame cycle that’s been running for years
Say “no” without explaining yourself
Reconnect with your body or identity
Imagine a future that feels slightly more possible
Those are real wins. Even the quiet ones.
Reflection Over Resolution This time of year, you’ll see a lot of “new year, new you” energy. But what if the most important thing isn’t reinvention—it’s recognition?
Ask yourself:
Who was I at the beginning of this year?
What did I face that no one saw?
What do I want to thank myself for?
You don’t have to make big plans to prove you’ve grown. You already have.
Therapy Isn’t About Fixing You—It’s About Witnessing You At Sprout Therapy PDX, we honor progress that doesn’t fit in a before-and-after photo. We hold space for the nonlinear, the messy, the sacred act of staying with yourself through hard things.
This year, therapy may have helped you survive something you’re still learning how to talk about. That survival is enough. You are enough.
Ready to reflect, recalibrate, or reconnect with therapy in the new year? Sprout Therapy PDX offers inclusive, trauma-informed care for whatever you’re carrying. Reach out today to find a therapist who will walk beside you.