Posted by lookdownfish on September 6, 2004, at 16:36:38
In reply to Re: Very long term therapy » lookdownfish, posted by Dinah on September 6, 2004, at 16:09:13
I think therapy for me, has to be some kind of process with an outcome rather than a lifestyle choice. It's really nice just to go along each week and offload the current problems, but I always have this feeling that I should be trying to achieve something tangible. To be honest, my therapist rather tires of this attitude of mine. I think she wishes I would just go with the flow and not try to be so scientific about it.
I'm just coming to the end of a 7 week break from therapy. So at the moment, termination is the last thing on my mind, and I'm just desperate to see her. But yes, generally I am working a bit more towards termination in that I am thinking more about what I want to achieve as an outcome. i.e. improved relationships, satisfaction with my career and so on. But the overriding aim is resolving the transference, i.e. not spending the rest of my life looking for a parental figure.
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