Candy,

I know that you had a pretty rough time in the last few months. I'm glad to hear that you are doing better now, and I do hope that the better times stay. My vote (not that I get to vote on your decision, but if I had one) would be to go, and talk about the progress that you have made and where you are right now, as well as the last few months. You can ask this new therapist about whether or not you would benefit from continuing.

It rings a bell with me, because when I'm down I think it's always like that and no point in even trying, and I don't get any benefit from going to therapy right then because all I want to do is sit there and complain, or sit there and stare and get stared at, because I can't even think of anything to say. But when I'm doing better, it's like I can't believe I was that far down in the pit again, I thought I was over this already. I told T that what I did last month caught me by surprise and I don't expect to be like that again (although I keep doing it at least twice a year or more). Even though right now I don't feel like slipping again, T pointed out that thinking that way is like writing a treatment plan that says that there was a problem, ... and it just went away, ... and now it won't happen again. Ok, how do you get from here to there and back?

If it still happens sometimes, then it's still a problem until it is effectively addressed. And the time to work on it is now, when you are feeling better and able to concentrate and do some real work.

TC,
Rap