Articles on Getting Started with Therapy. We hope these articles help your journey. We encourage you to contact our therapists if you’d like additional support.
You found a therapist you connect with, but they don’t take your insurance. Does that mean therapy is financially out of reach? Maybe not. While we don’t accept insurance directly at Firefly Therapy Austin, we can prepare what’s called a superbill that you can submit to your health insurance provider for reimbursement. Many of our…
You snapped at your partner over something small yesterday and felt terrible about it immediately. This isn’t who you want to be, but you can’t seem to stop these reactions. Maybe it was how they loaded the dishwasher or interrupted your story, but your response felt way bigger than the situation deserved. If moments like…
Your second therapy session felt amazing. You walked out thinking, “Yes, I’m getting somewhere.” Then this week hit, and you’re back in the same anxious spiral you thought you’d left behind. So what happened? Did therapy stop working? Did you mess up somehow? Neither. You’re experiencing what everyone in therapy experiences but may not always…
Therapy can be life-changing. It can help you understand yourself more deeply, work through old hurts, and build skills that make daily life feel lighter. But it’s also natural to have questions. Some people wonder if their struggles are “big enough” for therapy. Others quietly worry that it won’t help them at all. You’re not…