Posted by gardenergirl on May 11, 2004, at 8:31:13
In reply to How long is too long?, posted by tterees on May 11, 2004, at 0:19:59
Welcome to Babble! You ask a very good question, and there are others here who have more experience who may be able to give you some good advice. My thought in reading your post is that telling your therapist about wanting to hurt yourself may be a very good way to give therapy a bit of a kick start again. If you question whether you are getting anything out of it, you may be feeling stuck in a therapy rut. And if there is stuff going on that you are not telling your T, then that makes it hard for both of you to get out of that rut.
If I understand your post correctly, you have not had these thoughts in the past? You've never said anything like that to your T? Then unless your T has some sort of policy against working with people who might want to hurt themselves, I think the chances that he will want to transfer you are slim. Has he ever mentioned that before?
Good luck to you, dear. I'm sure it is scary to think of losing such an important relationship.
gg
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