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Originally Posted by Eucalyptus
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.
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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.