So I went to see this new therapist. She has like 20 years of experience. I am not at all pleased with her intake, she seems to lack interviewing skills. At one point she asked if I had ever been on meds. I said yes I have been on lots of meds for depression, and none of the meds did anything to relieve the depression. I told her how I'd been first to my doc and he prescribed effexor, we kept increasing the dose but did not see results. Then I went to a psychiatrist, he put me on something else, can't recall, gave it a six week trial, still nothing doing, he gave me other stuff, then concoctions, still nothing doing. I went to another psychiatrist, tried a host of other meds, still nothing doing.
So this therapist says, "Y'know, you have to WANT it to work! The mind and the body are connected, and if you don't want the meds to work, they won't work!"
What an invalidating statement!
I am quite disappointed with the quality of her work.
Oh, and by the way, I had asked my psychiatrist at that time, "Is it possible it's not helping me because maybe subconsciously I don't want it to?" He said these meds work, whether I want them to or not! Besides, I'd not be spending $100 for a 15-minute session if I didn't have the desire to be relieved of my depression. In fact, I remember clearly, going to the psychiatrist and looking forward to finally getting relief!
And this therapist insisted that the meds didn't work cuz I didn't want them to! What do these csw's learn in college???!!!!!!!!