Posted by seldomseen on April 23, 2009, at 16:57:23
In reply to really confused about my therapist, posted by deerock on April 23, 2009, at 12:13:01
I may have a crappy therapist, but in my therapy I'm the one that does all the work.
I'm the one that has to apply the insights I get from therapy. I'm the one that has to carry the sadness and the realizations.
My therapist is just the catalyst. Granted sometimes I'm just floored at how easily he leads me to conclusions, or points out the obvious when I have just been totally oblivious, but it all falls back to me. Sigh. But I guess it's my life I'm trying to make better.
I guess it's not enough simply to know what the problem is, active steps have to be taken to correct it.
And it does take time to move from realization to action.
Maybe instead of quitting with this therapist, you dropped back on the number of sessions per week. I know if I went 3x a week, it would be very hard to process, integrate and apply what I had learned in the previous session. Maybe you just need some perspective.
Seldom.
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