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Old Jun 08, 2011, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Christina86 View Post
Today my therapist gave me solid examples about how I've "changed" as a person. Now, I don't remember this but she said that almost two months ago I was calling her very frequently and I was always freaking out... and now I don't call her, except for positive things or about appointments. She says that's positive change because I need to learn to realize emotions aren't the end of the world and that I can cope by myself.

Wow. Then when I was upset towards the end of the session, because I told her I was financially broke and couldn't afford to continue seeing her, she actually TOLD me to Google her. Which I found amusing because of all the discussion that usually happens here in this forum around researching your therapist. So I now know that she's got like THREE different places that she's a therapist at, so I'm assuming she knows that one of these places would offer more reduced counselling for me. Why she wouldn't outright say that is beyond me... but it's interesting to be given permission to Google her! (I already knew she was on LinkedIn, a networking site for professionals but I'd never would add her there since we've never "worked" together )

I do wonder what she thinks of me sometimes. She told me today that apparently I've tried to fire her like three times recently in the meetings we've had. Oopsies. My general reaction to dealing with feelings or conflicts - get away from them. So anyway I apologized for doing that and told her why I do it (I'd rather fire someone than have them leave me).

My therapist honestly amazes me.
Hey Christina,

how did it feel when she told you about the progress you had made?

I find it surprising you hadn't googled her already as I thought pretty mcuh everyone would do it out of curiosity lol. It is odd how she didn't just tell you that you could possibily see her somewhere else for a lower cost but perhaps she didn't want to put you under any pressure to say yes to paying that amount either. It sounds like you have a good relationship with her and that she enjoys working with you and can see the progress you are making

Well done hun!!
Thanks for this!
Christina86