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Originally Posted by SnakeCharmer
Asia, seeing that you've gone through so much with intense attachment to therapists and terminations, would you consider trying a type of therapy that puts less focus on attachment and more on revealing and understanding emotions and thoughts or skill-building? Maybe group therapy or CBT-focused therapy. Maybe time-limited groups that would prevent the shock of sudden termination.
I see so much pain in these forums related to attachment and termination and have trouble understanding how it can be helpful. I also consider therapy a series of steps and sometimes groups and skill-building can be an important step that prepares us for the intensity of individual therapy where attachment and transference are more likely to take place.
I wish you the best and hope you find some good therapeutic situations.
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I agree. If the therapeutic relationship illustrates dysfunctional patterns that you're experiencing in day to day life and you want that to change, then I think it can be a great tool. So in this case more than one session a week is probably necessary. But in my opinion that should be short term and gradually decrease, if only because I am a believer in some distance in therapy. I don't mean distance in terms of being cold or not caring, but enough to prevent the attachment from getting too intense. When it does get that intense it seems like hurt feelings are inevitable and it doesn't appear that most T's understand it or know how to handle it.