When Therapy Moves Faster

Psychology Today | 09.02.2026 23:09
When people imagine therapy, many picture a familiar scene: a quiet office, a couch, and a weekly one-hour conversation that unfolds over months. Yet, in reality, therapy is not a single, fixed format. It includes a set of evidence-based practices and tools that can be delivered in different ways depending on the person and the problem. One important, and often underrecognized, dimension of therapy is the pace at which it is delivered.