Posted by Dinah on October 6, 2009, at 7:52:13
In reply to recreational therapy?, posted by elizabeth31 on October 3, 2009, at 20:42:43
I don't really like that comment. Your therapist said it in response to your wanting to come in every week, while he thought you were ready to taper down?
I think it all comes down to what it is you need at this point. Do you think the sadness and disconnect are from losing someone important in your life? Something that is natural and normal and that you should grieve?
Or do you think you still need and find benefit from therapy to aide in your daily living? I have very specific reasons for continuing therapy, and experience has taught me that they are not frivolous. Although I still evaluate my need to come/come as frequently on a basis frequent enough to annoy my therapist. I think it's a smart thing to do.
In either case, I think it is more disrespectful of you for your therapist to dismiss your need for him as recreational than it is disrespectful of him for you to wish to continue to see him weekly. Call him if you consider the matter and think it is in your best interests to contact him. Therapy is for your benefit, not his.
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