“The danger of a person like you doing therapy is that you seem clever,” he said. “You will get the theory of it all very easily. You’ll be able to be academic about yourself in conversation. But, you know, all the talky-talky stuff will only take you so far. You need to really feel it in your core, that change. It can’t just be stuff you discuss with a therapist. You need to feel it in your body—” his voice slowed—“you need to feel it in the backs of your knees, in your womb, in your toes, in your fingertips.”
