Posted by mair on June 23, 2004, at 11:58:28
In reply to less than wonderful session, posted by Dinah on June 22, 2004, at 20:43:53
I've had the "didn't we already talk about this before" conversation with my therapist not necessarily because she brought something up, but more because I brought an old issue up and then I worry about being repetitive. It makes me feel boring or somewhat stupid (since why didn't I get it the first time around) and I can't imagine how she can sit there and listen to the same drivel without being bored also. She's basically given me a response along the lines of daisy's T and some others - that it's good to keep revisiting things, and that some of the same issues are bound to keep coming up again, possibly in different contexts or triggered by different events.
Interestingly, when my therapist gets me talking about stuff we've discussed before, my reaction is sometimes that she wasn't listening the first time. Now I see that there may be more of a method to her madness.
Really though, Dinah, your list contains some pretty loaded stuff - surely he doesn't think things get resolved THAT easily, and wouldn't it be wonderful if they did!
Mair
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