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Originally Posted by growlycat
Ugh, I just had an extra phone session with my T this morning (we are on opposite coasts.)
He is pushing me to push myself more. I'm phobic of driving but manage to get to work, shopping, dr.'s and errands but beyond that I'm frozen. Also, social anxiety--trying to get myself to get out there more. He wants me to focus on my health and self-care more---If I hear the virtues of a daily workout again i'll scream.
Today I feel like "old stuff" is making me feel needy. He wasn't in an indulgent mood, he was more "life coach" than "T" today. I should appreciate the pushing but I just want to feel cared for for a few days before tackling this crap. Sometimes I wish we would revisit "old stuff" but sometimes I think he sees limited value in discussing the past, which is strange to say about a T.
When you are pushed by T, are you able to do the work? Right now, I'm not
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I do CBT so my T is like a constant life coach 2x a week and sometimes I hate it. Our sessions are all about goals. I can go into the past technically but he doesn't indulge in it. So it's not strange, your basically talking about my T. My T pushes me every session to complete my goals and sometimes I want to shove my goals down his throat.
last session I was not able to do them, because my anxiety was so high and I was basically irrationally flipping out all week. He's understanding though and just adjusts to my moods and reworks my goals around my current moods. Or if I tell him not to bring up anything he will leave me alone and talk about nothing in particular the entire session. Can you tell your session to take it easy and have a light session with you maybe?