Posted by pegasus on February 4, 2004, at 11:02:05
In reply to Research, posted by fallsfall on February 3, 2004, at 20:58:29
What a great thread! I'm also a researcher. I think a lot of my research into therapy came about for the reasons that you all have described so clearly: wanting to understand what was expected, what the heck he was trying to do, etc. GG, I appreciate your comments about how it might work better to let go of some of that wanting to be in control. Although, it's *hard* and I'm also really afraid of that.
For me the research also served the purpose of making me feel like I was still working on therapy, even when I wasn't in session. My T was never really big on giving homework, and I'd feel so disconnected from the process and from him in between sessions. So I kind of made up my own homework. When I was reading about therapy, I felt closer to my therapist, and more active about the whole thing. It gave me more to work with than the few pieces that would come from each session. In that sense, I think it was very very helpful.
-p
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