Posted by spalding on June 30, 2005, at 12:35:04
In reply to T on vacation, posted by cricket2 on June 30, 2005, at 10:17:18
>So I'm wondering if anyone else ever thought
>about the price (not just money) you pay to go
>to therapy. Does it ever just seem like it's not
>worth it?I had therapy with a couple of different T's around 1996-1998 and I came out of it feeling I learned precious little. I was really angry that I had spent time and money on something not worth it.
But I think it really depends on the skill of your T. to make it worthwhile and be able to deal with a patient's up moods, down moods, transference, etc. so that the patient feels safe.
In 2003 I finally got diagnosed (BPD), and ironically, both my pdoc and my T. said if the previous therapists had been worth their salt they would have referred me to a pdoc, considering the problems I was having.
My pdoc sent me to my current T. and it finally clicked. We do 3-4 hours a week over two sessions. We are doing such good work it makes a world of difference to me -- the learning, the understanding about myself and others. Maybe I'm not describing it correctly, but I hope I never leave this path I'm on. Thank goodness it's FINALLY worth it, or I don't know what would have happened to me.
spalding
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