Posted by gardenergirl on June 10, 2007, at 15:00:08
In reply to Re: Fewer sessions left til term. and worries about T » gardenergirl, posted by DAisym on June 7, 2007, at 22:07:02
> You know, it occurs to me that often the path of termination involves stretching out the time between sessions. You then get to see the consolidation and integation that occurs and yet still have the support and even the "good for you for doing so well without me" sessions.
A lot of T's do it that way, and there are good reasons to. My T is on the other side of that fence, though. Firmly on the other side. He says, "Why would you change the therapy right at the end, when you are processing so much about termination?" He thinks it's important to have enough time to process termination fully, and that the therapy process in place, in this case weekly sessions, is the tool for that. With long term dynamic therapy, I think I agree with him.
But, that's not the way we get to do this, which really sucks. Though I suppose you're right in that I will get to see how I do with holding and coping with thoughts and feelings without being able to bring them to therapy.
Thanks for being here for me. It's a big help.
gg
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