Posted by mair on November 12, 2003, at 19:18:09
In reply to How do you gear up for sessions?, posted by Dinah on November 12, 2003, at 0:34:31
I hardly ever leave enough time to get there so I arrive about a minute early, if not a minute late. I prefer cutting it close because I don't really like to run into the previous patient. A big obstacle to me is that I tend to suppress all thoughts of therapy between sessions so i can rarely remember what was talked about the last time. My therapist keeps notes so she reminds me of where we left off but I think I lose some continuity and it's probably not good that I'm not processing some things on my own between sessions. Therapy can be very anxiety producing for me. If I'm otherwise not doing particularly well, I dread going because the worse I feel the less I feel like talking. Ocassionally if I feel really anxious, i might take some xanax before I leave my office.
Mair
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