Posted by deirdrehbrt on April 18, 2004, at 20:56:04
In reply to Re: the inconsistent therapist, posted by Asya on April 18, 2004, at 19:50:21
The way that therapists put things can really make a difference. Fallsfall has posted on this before, and maybe she can repost her thoughts.
I know that I internalize things and often don't tell people when they hurt me. I'm doing better at letting my T know about that, and usually I can do it before the next session.
My T doesn't taked notes unless I ask her to. She doesn't like to have alot of paperwork around; it keeps her from having to provide any records of a patient's sessions to police, etc. She offered to take notes for me because sometimes I don't remember the sessions.
I think it takes some time and struggles to create effective communications. If it's difficult for people who love each other to communicate, it can be for a patient and her T. If we are new to our T, or if we haven't been communicating as well as we should, this needs to be worked out or the sessions will be less effective. It took me over a year before I had a meltdown and she realized that what was going on in the sessions wasn't what was going on inside me. Then we worked like hell to get me to open up. It was hard, it was a long process and now things are better. It's easier for me to talk, and it's easier for her to know how I'm really doing.
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