Posted by Susan47 on July 25, 2004, at 16:58:57
In reply to Re: Termination: Dinah, posted by Dinah on July 25, 2004, at 16:08:24
I will try a new therapist. I've been pointed in that direction by my ex-T. He's right and although I find therapy very slow (for myself, it's a frustrating process because I've never been a very patient person anyway) I probably need to continue.
The fact that I was so nuts with my present ex-T tells me a lot.
I will look for compassion in my next T, as well as a very clear setting of limits from the outset; my last T wasn't very good at communicating his personal limits and I do believe I frustrated him.
Sometimes I just get so frustrated, myself -- I find communication and understanding very difficult. I just don't know. Therapy is so difficult, I do have to ask whether it's worth it *for me.* Having said that, I remind myself of my improved personal relationships in the last few months; due almost totally, I think, to seeing a therapist. I'm still very rigid in my thinking (can you *imagine* what I was like before therapy?) and I'd like to work on that too.
There's nothing more important in *my* life than my relationships.
Why did I treat my therapist so badly?
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