Posted by alexandra_k on December 27, 2004, at 20:09:39
In reply to Re: Lifetime Therapy » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on December 27, 2004, at 19:55:11
> I think what we're trying to say is that the needs we get met in therapy are *different* needs than the ones we get met in real life.
ok.
I guess I was just thinking of the stuff you mentioned.
> And it is very definitely not my therapist's practice to ensnare clients for a steady income stream. With the exception of me, his clients are mainly six session to one year short term CBT clients. He gets extra supervision and consultation on my case because he doesn't generally do long term - definitely not this long term. So I don't think he chose this one person - me - to try to addict them to therapy. On the contrary, I fought long and hard to get the relationship we have. It is totally unfair to that good man to blame him for the length of our association. I can be enormously strong willed. He *has* come to see the many ways I am better off for ongoing therapy, though. He'd be equally happy were I to need to see him less.Oh, hey I never intended to imply that that was what was going on for you. Just that that could happen. And that that is something that I think about.
> I don't expect you to understand my position, so I won't bore you further by trying to explain. We just have different ideas about therapy, that's all. You seem to see it more as a teaching experience?You aren't boring me at all.
I feel very privaleged that you have been sharing on a topic that is clearly hard for you. Well, it is hard for me too - but in a different way and I suppose I started this...I really don't know much about what therapy is supposed to be about. About the scope of things one can choose to work on etc. I have only had DBT / CBT offered to me properly and that was solely about treating the symptoms of my diagnosis.
But there are more options than that, right (please god)?
I would love to hear about why people go and what they get out of it.
Yes I am a sceptic and a bit of a cynic by nature - I don't claim that they are my nicest personal qualities.
Maybe I can't understand. But I'd like to try.
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