Stories from both sides of the couch
The Therapy Files is a podcast about what actually happens in therapy — told by the people who were in the room. Clients, therapists, students, practice staff, and the families around them.
- Contributor
- Anonymous by default
- Runtime
- ~5 minSix questions, start to finish
- Contact
- OptionalOnly if you want a reply
Send us a file
If something has stayed with you, you can send it here. We read everything that comes in, and some files are read aloud on an episode. We recommend you submit anonymously — this form asks for no name, and your email address is optional.
Protect everyone's privacy
Whatever you send, please write it so that nobody else in it could be recognised — including by themselves.
If you are a mental health professional
- Do not send anything that would identify a client, including a rare presentation, an unusual job, or a distinctive turn of phrase.
- Change or remove names, places, dates, and ages. Composite details are fine; recognisable ones are not.
- Your professional and legal obligations to confidentiality come first. If you are unsure whether something is shareable, it isn't.
If you are a client, student, or family member
- You are free to write about your own experience. Take more care with anyone else in the story — your therapist, your family, anyone who did not choose to be in it.
- Leave out full names, practice names, and anything that would place a specific person in a specific room.
- Send only what you are comfortable hearing read aloud to strangers.
If you need support right now
This form is not monitored, and it is not a way to reach anyone quickly. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24 hours a day in the US. In an emergency, call 911.