Posted by Poet on June 7, 2006, at 21:49:01
In reply to Trouble?, posted by curtm on June 7, 2006, at 10:06:59
Hi Curt,
You successfully survived a first visit to a pdoc, that gives you a lot of knowledge of what kind of questions to expect.
I've been in therapy for almost four years, so my first session was a long time ago, but I used to write down what happened and so I dug out the old floppy disk with session one on it. You think you're anal? I have proof I am.
Questions:
Why are you here?
What do you think I can do for you?
What makes you happy?
Are you happy in your marriage?
What do you want from marriage?
What do you get from marriage?
Tell me about your childhood.
Socially?
Friends?
If you could be a completely different person, what would you change first?Out of those innocent questions she managed to nail that I have social anxiety, dysthymia, fear failure and had what I will politely call an unusual childhood. Ha, ha, she didn't get that I'm bulimic. That took until session six. Damn, that woman is good.
It's perfectly okay to tell your T that you hate the word counseling. I hate the word "safe" and my T knows if she dares say it, she faces the wrath of Poet. NO WHERE IS SAFE! Thank you for letting me scream that; I feel much better now. Anyway, he'll eventually try to get you to tell him why you hate the word counseling, but that should be many sessions away. You can always invoke the wrath of Curt.
The first session is the hardest, because you really don't know if you can trust this person. It's okay not to answer. I still stare at my T and say nothing and I do trust her. Most of the time, anyway.
Let us know how it goes.
Poet
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