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Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon
Usually, when I think about working on things outside of sessions, researching is not what comes to mind. I consider working on things to be employing the skills you learn in therapy, and processing and reflecting on things you talked about in therapy. It's also becoming more aware of yourself and your reactions in between sessions. Just learning about the mode of therapy you're doing really doesn't do much in the way of helping you process what is going on with you specifically. Maybe, if you need specific tasks to work on in between sessions, you could ask your T for some suggestions.
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Great response. This is the kinda stuff that I needed to read! Yeah you are right - researching gives you a general understanding of the type of therapy but doesn't give you any info about yourself in particular, true.
Also "becoming more aware of yourself and your reactions in between sessions". This is a good one too. Maybe I could think about things that come up between sessions in terms of the language and concepts used in therapy. Like for example she showed me a diagram to do with schemas and I could think of stuff in terms of that diagram, so I understand it better. And that would lead to processing and reflecting in the same language as the therapy.
TY for your reply! I will also ask T for some homework type things too, but your post was very insightful and practical. Thanks
