Posted by froyo on January 24, 2013, at 22:05:02
In reply to Re: Have you seen her again? How did it go?, posted by TemporarilyBob on October 26, 2012, at 3:48:44
Just curious.... when in the point of a therapist/patient relationship do you think its appropriate to use 'tough love'?
I've been seeing by therapist on and off now since august. My sessions are only 45 minutes and I feel like all I get to do is rehash my last few weeks and never really get anywhere.
Part of my issue is that I'm unable to make myself do my homework. I do it eventually, but late at night and then I don't sleep, etc. I was talking about this and some other things about how I reacted to a positive thing in my life. By the end I just wanted to say "yea, that's a problem, but this other one is getting worse! I can't do my work and it makes me exhausted and miserable."
In nicer terms she said although she likes me, i was being annoying and we spent a good chunk of time analyzing my negative self talk. She kind of seemed like she was having a sh*tty day, but all I wanted was guidance on my god damned worsening perfectionist procrastination.
Now I think I'm being annoying, but I just want to know, do your therapists give you tough love, and does it totally piss you off?
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