> The other side was more woo-woo: You’re vowing to be each other’s person, and you can’t change your name? What’s wrong with you?” With her therapist, she lear

> The other side was more woo-woo: You’re vowing to be each other’s person, and you can’t change your name? What’s wrong with you?” With her therapist, she learned to focus on “superhelpful data” from her body, as Petersel put it, to “trust the visceral. It was clarifying.” I think it's just a matter of having someone to listen to you. The focus on the legs or body parts body is interesting, but I think it's more of a helpful prop to keep the interaction going. Doctors and other types of therapists might be too rushed, busy, judgmental, etc. They don't have time to listen to anxieties and worries and give life advice. People used to visit friends and neighbors more to listen to each other's issues and offer advice and support. But nowadays, and especially after the pandemic, people are more alienated, they forgot how to talk to each other. The therapy session provide a structured way for that interaction. It could somatic therapy, mediation, dance therapy, acupuncture.