Thanks so much for the feedback. It gives me much to consider....

I wanted to also add that his comments came after what I felt was a pretty cold session. After I talked about things that were going on, he asked me if he could come down hard on me. I said he could try, but I'm not sure how I'll react to it.

Then, he basically laid into me about how I am spending too much time helping others and not taking care of myself...and that I'm being hypocritical....then pushed me to make commitments to certain things that I've been putting off because they're too scary for me. He told me that my friends are using me....and that because I'm not taking good enough care of myself, that, in turn, means I'm not taking care of my daughter as well as I could be. He said that I've immersed myself into situations and making them a priority (like helping to care for my friend's dying mother, helping a pregnant teen whose parents abandoned her, etc.)



Then, he drops the "maybe we should consider going back to 1x/week"....UGH.

I know he just wants me to work towards taking care of myself and to make the most out of my sessions....but I tend to shut down so easily when it comes to the hard stuff. I really need to look at what's causing me to shut down.