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Originally Posted by Crook32
I have been in therapy for a few years. With my first one for about 3 years and then transitioned out of therapy. Just this year had to go back but my therapist moved out of state so had to find someone new. Stayed with that therapist through my last relapse but recently got a new one. I really like the one I have now but I am having the same trouble talking when I need to. This new therapist has email so I wrote her a note recently with things to talk about and she said we would tomorrow at our appointment.
Just wondering if there is anything else I could be doing to make therapy more successful.
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Is it that you find yourself talking about more superficial stuff til the last 5 minutes and then you realize what you really want to talk about?
That's a classic in therapy dynamics... i wonder what your therapist and you think that is about... (if that's the dynamic).
I would trust that what is happening in your sessions and your desire for more is probably exactly what you may need to be talking about. Why not start right there? Explore what happens in your session and how you're making this shift towards wanting something more and what is getting in the way... without judgments.
And/ or I'm Wondering if there's a book you could use as a guide. Anything from a workbook that has exercises for battling depression to any self help book that intrigues you. Hopefully something your therapist is familiar with. Or maybe starting with The Road Less Travelled by Scott Peck. I'll bet you could even Google "getting more out of therapy" and finds lotsa stuff...