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doorknob confession is a term used by some clinicians/therapists to define the phenomena of the person receiving therapy, or the client, to divulge something incredibly important or critical in the last few minutes of a therapy session. The content of the "confession" is important enough to cause the session to go on longer than originally planed and may include themes such as: a
death in the family, suicidal/self harming thoughts or actions, a
relationship crisis, drastic change in living situation, ect.