Posted by pegasus on December 16, 2004, at 10:52:44
In reply to New to board...and therapy questions, posted by purplelovinrn on December 16, 2004, at 1:24:20
Hi Purple, and welcome.
It's so hard to say how long therapy *should* take, because there is no real time frame that works for most people. Some people get a lot of help in 6 sessions, and some people are in for years. Personally, I've been in therapy for around 3 years, and I have no plans to quit. It took me at least a year to get to a point where most of my sessions were productive. I spent a lot of time being anxious and silent in that first year. I think I'll have things to work on for the rest of my life. So for me, therapy is just a matter of whether I currently have the resources, not whether I'm *done*.
I recently had a discussion with a very experienced therapist who has herself been through a lot of analysis and therapy. She said that she owns a mansion . . . inside herself (externally she lives in a little condo). Her therapeutic work has been a financial and otherwise sacrifice for her, but it's her most precious accomplishment. I thought that was a great way of looking at it.
I haven't ever used EMDR, although I think it sounds really interesting. Some people here have had great success with it, and some seem to have not gotten as much out of it.
Good luck
pegasus
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