Posted by annierose on March 28, 2006, at 18:15:45
In reply to Once a week vs. twice a week, posted by All Done on March 28, 2006, at 17:22:14
I like the way my T described the difference to me years ago. Sorry if I'm repeating myself.
She told me to imagine being at the beach and digging a deep hole in the sand. You come back next week and you can't find it, it's all filled in, so you have to dig away again. It's hard work, but you're determined, so you keep digging.
Now you decide to visit that same beach only a few days later. You can still see your hole! It has filled in some, but it's visible. You won't have to dig as far to get to the same place you did just a few days ago. In fact, now you have the strength to dig even further.
That analogy always stuck with me. But besides that, I just feel closer to her. There is more continuity between sessions. Focus tends to be less about "what happened last week" and more about ---- I don't know --- just feelings.
When I added the 3rd session, she did warn me, that it's even a stronger pull and very hard to cut back to twice a week --- which may happen as my husband's health insurance benefit for therapy will max out sometime this spring or early summer. I'm not worrying about it until it becomes a reality.
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