I completely agree. There's also a difference between complaining and venting. As clients we are usually there to work on a variety of issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, communication, behavioral patterns, and so much more. These issues require venting and discussion but there is definitely a difference in repeating the same issue every week due to resistance, and repeating the same issue often because the previous solutions did not work or stopped working.

In my personal experience, my T knows there are certain situations I am in currently where I really am temporarily "stuck" because of certain things being out of my control (lacking necessary tools to make the change). In these instances she will absolutely allow me to vent OR complain as much as I want so it doesn't add to my depression at all.


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