Let's be honest. Starting therapy is already a lot. You're sitting across from a stranger, trying to put words to something you've been carrying. That's hard enough on its own. What makes it even harder? Spending half the session explaining yourself before you can even get to the work. Maybe you were the only Black woman in the room and left a meeting questioning yourself after a comment everyone else just brushed off. Maybe you're code-switching every single day, and nobody