Posted by Poet on October 8, 2003, at 9:38:38
In reply to The Last Therapy, Oh My!, posted by Medusa on October 7, 2003, at 15:25:20
Hi Medusa,
I think your plan of doing short term with the trainee is a good one. While the observed thing still scares me, you have the benefit of more than one person listening and interpreting.
Wouldn't you just love to hear what they were saying when you rattled off your therapy experience? I can imagine the looks they exchanged.
I've only been in therapy for a little over a year and currently think that I am getting no where at a slow and expensive pace. I know that I am to blame for much of it as I just don't open up to her. I am determined to stick with it and since I am paying for it I need to start getting my moneys worth and not just sit there and stare.
Like you, I am doing reading on my own, my therapist actually lends me books or books on CD. So she approves of my trying to better understand my issues.
I just have got this rut in my brain (her terminology) that positive self-esteem is dependent on getting a better job. To make a long boring career story short, I have been stuck for four years in a job where I am an underpaid, non-entity. The only plus is that since no one pays any attention to me I can sit and do postings while getting paid for it.
My career counselor says my resume and interviewing skills are great, so having zero self-esteem, I blame myself for being myself.
When you get a chance, try to translate the info. on self-esteem and send it to me in a post.Poet
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