Posted by Daisym on November 25, 2007, at 12:30:48
In reply to making progress, posted by angela2 on November 24, 2007, at 18:52:10
I think we all mark our progress differently. One of the hardest things about therapy is that you often feel worse before you feel better. It is sort of like cleaning out a closet -- the rest of the room gets messy as you straighten things out and put them back away in the right places.
I can imagine it would be really hard to be seeing a therapist you no longer had faith in. I have found there have been times when I wonder if my therapist knows how to help me - but that is usually when I just want him to comfort me and I don't want to work on stuff.
It might help to talk to your therapist about how it was when you started and how you feel now about any gains you've made. I always find those sessions hard - too much reality testing -but helpful.
And the truth is - YOU are doing the work here. Yes, your therapist helps you or guides and supports you. But the growth and progress are yours - not your therapists. So the markers you choose should be ones that mean something to you - not her, necessarily.
Do you have some specific markers you are looking at? Do you feel better about some things and perhaps worse about others? It might help to write it down here to look out for monday.
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