**Is Twice-a-Week Therapy Right for You?**
*A Deeper Look at the Invitation to Go Further in Your Inner Work*
When I bring up the idea of meeting twice a week, I sometimes see a flicker of worry—*“Is something wrong with me?”*
It’s a natural reaction. We’re used to thinking that needing more support must mean we’re failing. That we should be able to figure things out alone.
But in therapy—especially in depth psychotherapy—meeting more often isn’t about what’s broken.
It’s about what’s *ready.*
Ready to be seen.
Ready to be felt.
Ready to be lived through and transformed.
### Why More Frequent Therapy?
Sometimes, twice-a-week sessions are a lifeline—during moments when the ground beneath you is shaking, and you need something steady to hold onto.
But very often, this rhythm is an invitation. Not because something is falling apart—but because something important is trying to come forward.
When we meet more frequently, we build momentum. The deeper layers—the ones that take longer to trust, to speak, to show themselves—begin to soften. And slowly, something begins to shift:
You stop just surviving your life.
You start *inhabiting* it.
### What’s Different About This Pace?
With weekly sessions, we often spend time catching up—reconnecting to the thread. Sometimes, just as we reach something real, the session ends.
But with twice-a-week therapy, the work holds.
There’s less need to start over.
You stay closer to yourself.
The space between sessions is short enough that the inner work keeps unfolding, instead of retreating.
You might begin to notice:
* Dreams that stay with you all day
* Emotional insights that feel more *felt* than thought
* A growing sense that something inside you is waking up, stretching out, finding its voice.
This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about bringing more of you *online.*
### Reworking Old Patterns: A New Way to Be
One of the most powerful parts of depth therapy is how it touches your early experiences—especially the ones where you didn’t get what you needed.
As trust grows between us, you may notice old feelings arise: the longing to be seen, the fear of being too much, the ache of wanting to be emotionally responded to and not knowing how to ask.
These moments aren’t a detour. They’re the work.
Because here, we don’t push them away. We slow down.
We listen.
We welcome what has waited so long to be met. Meeting more often gives those parts of you time to come forward—not in crisis, but in relationship.
It lets the therapeutic space become something steady and real.
Not just a place where you're talking *about* change—
but a place where you start to *feel* it happening in real time.
Dreamwork: The Language of the Soul
When therapy deepens, dreams often begin to speak.
They carry wisdom from the parts of you that don’t have words—offering images, metaphors, and symbols that reflect what’s shifting beneath the surface.
In dreams, we might see:
* A younger part of you trying to find their way
* The therapist showing up in symbolic form
* A moment of courage that mirrors the one you’re stepping into in waking life
With twice-a-week sessions, we have the space to explore these dreams—not as puzzles to decode, but as conversations with the soul.
They often know where you’re going before you do.
Weaving in Trauma Work: Holding It All Together
If trauma is part of your story, we may also integrate EMDR into this rhythm.
Twice-a-week sessions give us the time and space to move through trauma gently—balancing the intensity of the work with the emotional support to hold it.
This isn’t just about reprocessing memories.
It’s about reclaiming parts of you that got stuck in the past—
And helping them find their way home.
How Do You Know If This Is For You?
Twice-a-week therapy may be a good fit if:
* You want more continuity in your emotional healing
* You’re ready to go deeper and stay in the process
* You’re curious about your dreams, patterns, or unconscious storylines
* You’re not just looking to “feel better”—you’re ready to grow into something new
If that resonates, this rhythm can be profoundly supportive.
It’s like giving your inner life a solid place to land—week after week, step by step.
### And If It’s Not the Right Time?
That’s completely okay.
There is no one right way to do this work.
Whether you come weekly, twice a week, or follow another rhythm entirely—your pace is valid.
Your process is worthy.
Your timing is respected.
But if you’re feeling that quiet nudge—that sense that something more is possible—twice-a-week therapy can be a powerful way to answer that call.
Final Thoughts
Therapy is not just about change.
It’s about becoming more fully yourself.
Whether we meet once a week or more often, what matters is that we make space—for the truth, for the pain, for the parts of you that are still unfolding.
If you’re ready to step into that work more deeply, I’m here.
And it would be my honor to walk with you…
Call or email for your free 15 minute phone consultation with Debra Flics, LCSW to discuss beginning therapy in Manhattan.