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Old Mar 25, 2016, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Eucalyptus View Post
Is this a sign of something? I've been told this at least once before by a therapist. Our struggle is on one hand, my and my therapist's desire for me to work toward being free of the burden of carrying a painful history with me, and on the other, my (and only my) wanting my original story which nobody can do anything about to be heard and *acknowledged*. She feels she has done enough to satisfy the latter of the two conflicting directions that I just laid out. But she feels I am not "satisfiable" (my made up word, not hers). I like my therapist very much; however, I do not feel she really has taken seriously, or been completely straightforward with me about my need for my history to be acknowledged. Not sure what to do.
Why are those two directions conflicting? The second seems more like a big step towards the first to me.

As for your question, it is up to you when you are satisfied, not her. A therapist should talk about almost every conceivable issue as much as you need to talk about it.
Thanks for this!
Eucalyptus