Posted by Tamar on September 14, 2005, at 18:55:12
In reply to Going back into therapy (poss trigger), posted by cubic_me on September 14, 2005, at 14:01:26
> I went to therapy for 2 years, then I transferred to group therapy for 8 months (more than useless for me). I finished individual a year ago and group therapy in May and have been ok, but over the last month or so have been getting worse again. I always thought that once I left individual therapy at that place, I wouldn't need to go back (leaving was so hard I don't like to think I'll have to do it all over again) but my SI and suididal thoughts have been getting worse and I suppose I should either go back to the doctor or the therapist.
If you’ve been getting worse for a month and experiencing SI and suicidal ideation then it sounds to me as if more therapy would be useful (maybe necessary!).
> I can't talk about my SI/suicidal ideation with the doctor as I don't want it on my medical records (for my career) so T sounds the best option, but so scary.
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> Has anyone gone back to therapy after a break? Did you just have a few sessions to get you back on track, or more long term? Was it with the same T?I’m considering the possibility of going back to therapy, but haven’t made a decision yet. I think the question of a few sessions or long term depends on what you’re dealing with. If it’s the same stuff that you dealt with in therapy before, perhaps a few sessions will get you back on track. But if there’s new stuff, or stuff you haven’t worked on before, or if you suspect that there are deeper dimensions to the issues you were previously working on, then maybe long term therapy might be the answer.
I suppose the question of seeing the same therapist might depend on your therapeutic relationship. Your former therapist is someone who knows your background and with whom you’ve already established a therapeutic relationship. You know what it feels like to work with that person. So there might be some familiarity and comfort in that. On the other hand, a new therapist could give you some new perspectives. Do you have a gut feeling about it? What does your intuition tell you?
Tamar
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