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Posted by bell_75 on March 30, 2004, at 6:53:17
Hi.
Well the reason I'm doing this post is I've been doing CBT with my therapist for awhile now and just last week he set the homework assignment task of "After Hours Therapist". I googled it (because I feel I need to be in control of who, what, when, why and that he didn't explain it good enough to me) and I was wondering if anyone here knows about it or has done it themselves and what their expereinces were like.
I'm just in abit of a pickle about it because I feel as though I can only ramble on and when it comes to actually "being" the therapist...I'm just agreeing with myself and not thinking logical enough. Heck, thats the whole point I guess.
But I'm just curious about other people's experiences. Also, the session that he brought it up in was a really bad one. There was another psychologist in the room supposedly asessing him not me and I felt really uncomfortable about this.
Anywho, if anyones got abit of advice or some stories to share let me know.
Thanks. You're all great people in here.
luv,
Bell_75
Posted by Dinah on March 30, 2004, at 8:56:19
In reply to After hours psych?, posted by bell_75 on March 30, 2004, at 6:53:17
I've never heard of it. Do you have a link?
I can't believe the other person in the room. Did you have to give consent first? I can't imagine they could do that without your consent. And I am absolutely positive I wouldn't give it. Not unless the session was free, because I know I wouldn't say a single thing of substance the entire time I was there.
Posted by bell_75 on March 30, 2004, at 22:47:17
In reply to Re: After hours psych? » bell_75, posted by Dinah on March 30, 2004, at 8:56:19
Hi Dinah.
When I googled this therapy technique I only got 2 results, one of which is this:
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=793
Which reviews a book on creative homework assignments by reknown therapists. Aparently this is one of them. The book covers the topic of "After Hours Therapist" but the review only says:
"I nominate Rosenthal himself for his "After Hours Therapist" strategy, for its creativity and, even though it runs the risk of doing therapist out of business, what better goal of therapy than to teach clients how to be a therapist unto themselves."
It was created by Howard G. Rosenthal and as is a technique where the patient/client has a therapy session with themselves in between their sessions, at home. They play both the role of therapist and patient and this tests their ability to reason their thoughts and how they are able to cope with situations and work them out between sessions. To me it seems very CBT orientated but I could be wrong.
I had never heard of it either before my therapist mentioned it and the reason I made this post was that i was abit annoyed that he didn't explain it much to me. Its difficult to ask yourself questions then answer them lol as easy as it sounds.
I'm trying to get ahold of the above mentioned book but I don't think its available in Australia, it isn't in my university library and I don't have a means of buying it online.As for the other psychologist being present in my session last week, well I do recieve therapy for free as part of a government initiative. My therapist is paid by the government to work there but I have never paid a cent.
Taking that into consideration, my T has never mentioned the fact I get this service for nothing nor has he made me feel like I should be grateful about it and take what I get (which I am extremely grateful).
He did allow this other person to sit in with my consent, he said she didnt have to and it was up to me. If I didn't feel comfortable with it it was fine. I felt put on the spot there and then because she was in another room awaiting my response and...he knows but I dont think considered, that I have problems with assertiveness especially where he is concerned.
I said it was fine and wasn't expecting to regret saying yes halfway through my session. My anxiety was sky high.
However, the person sitting in was really nice and considerate and appreciated the fact that I consented to her being there.
I have a session this friday and I'm going to tell my T how I felt about it and if he takes that into consideration he won't put me in that situation again.
I don't think he took into consideration my anxiety issues when he asked me. I'm not bad mouthing my T though, he's been great and very professional so far.
I am grateful for what i recieve for free and I consider this a bump in the road I guess.Thanks for reading :) Hope my post wasnt too lengthy.
> I've never heard of it. Do you have a link?
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> I can't believe the other person in the room. Did you have to give consent first? I can't imagine they could do that without your consent. And I am absolutely positive I wouldn't give it. Not unless the session was free, because I know I wouldn't say a single thing of substance the entire time I was there.
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