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Old Sep 20, 2012, 02:40 PM
Jenn1fer82 Jenn1fer82 is offline
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Even though I feel guilty but I know what I had to say was the best thing for my well being. I'm seeing a new therapist and we've met about 3-4 times so far. I was honest with her and I told her:
* When she's disorganized with her scheduling, her phone continues to go off in our sessions - has me feeling like she's not focus in our session and that I can't depend on her.
* She talks alot in our sessions
* She's always ready to give me advice

I told her that what I need the most help with is to process my emotions. I may know intellectually of my current and past problems but I still have a very difficult time emotionally connecting and processing everything that I'm going through in life.
I may not always need to have an answer of my problems right away but I need help with emotionally figuring out what is happening in my life and why I'm emotionally feeling the way that I am.

I am also studying to become a counselor so it is very easy for me to recognize other counselors methods. It gets so old when counselors become so mechanical and always summarize and reflect back what I'm saying.

Sometimes I think its a disadvantage to me, that I know so much about counseling.

I don't know where to go from here. I dont know if I should continue seeing this counselor or just give up and find another one.
Before this counselor I had a wonderful therapist, one of the best one I've had in my life but she had to move on in her life.
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