Posted by Poet on October 7, 2006, at 12:27:17
In reply to Here we go again, posted by Dinah on October 7, 2006, at 10:36:47
Hi Dinah,
I think I bore my therapist, too. I told her in our last session that I'm thinking of ending therapy because now that I have a new job I don't need her anymore. She didn't take it as an insult, she just said, she'd like to *walk with me* through the job for awhile and help me be able to handle criticism better. That led to my thinking I'm a failure for getting Bs in my classses and before I knew it I realized that I still need therapy.
You've been seeing your T longer than I've been seeing mine (though four years seems forever!) and you are far more open about talking than I am. So my situation is probably different.
I don't really have an answer as to how to keep therapy fresh other than to try to work on different aspects of old issues. From reading your post on the Work board it seems like the stress of working at the office and missing your father being there is really getting to you right now. Kind of like me starting to work on coping with criticism at the new job instead of talking about what a career failure I am.
My therapist and I talk about movies. It usually ends up with the psychological makeup of the characters. So go ahead and talk about TV or whatever for awhile. It isn't therapy in the traditional sense, but your T will learn something about you and you about him.
Poet
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