Why Therapists Avoid Using the Word ‘Toxic’
Labeling others can stunt your own growth
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5 min readMar 9, 2020
One of my most important rules as a therapist: Ignore all adjectives. When one of my clients says someone in their life is selfish, or cold, or hot-tempered, it doesn’t tell me much about the problem. Adjectives aren’t facts.
