Tise Chao, LMFT

Tise has been very helpful to me over the years. She does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) which includes mindfulness and an emphasis on doing a lot of work on yourself. It is different than analytical therapy. I'm sorry that this style was not helpful to you. But it is a legit form of psychotherapy that has been used for over 100 years and I think it is unfair to dismiss her as if she's not a good therapist. She is very good at what she does. She helped immensely with my relationship with my mother and did it with compassion and empathy. I always felt heard and understood by her. Analytical style of therapy did not help me but I will not dismiss those therapists because they were doing what they were taught that works best for their patients. Tise has helped me more than anyone with my mental health and I will always be grateful for her.

I did few therapy sessions with her and it did not help at all. I wanted to tell her everything but it felt like I didn’t really get to tell her everything and she talked a lot. Some breathing thing and I had to pretend that I was talking to my young self and I got cringed out. It was just weird for me. I lied that the session was good but they were never good. My mental health is worst than before. She made my problems as if it is so shallow that it is so easy to cope them with some journaling, breathing, and stuff like that. My problems are way deeper and more complicated than that. I was offended to be honest. I argued with my family because I ended the therapy session on purpose. It did not help me, so what else am I going to do? It was such waste of time. I should be excited to fix myself and be better, which means I should be excited and motivated to go to a therapy session, but rather I was having this mindset that I should just get over with it. This is just my experience. Bad.