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Originally Posted by Petra5ed
I don't like the idea of giving therapy credit for my progress. The way I view it I am working on myself, and therapy is something I do because I want to, I enjoy it, I think it might be useful. It's not to say I don't think my therapist is helpful, but I don't think I ever look at progress in my life and say that was therapy and not just me. In the end it's me making the progress, perhaps partially assisted by therapy.
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That's interesting and I suspect there are others who feel similarly. Maybe I missed it, but I don't think anyone has suggested they just passively sat there while the therapist/therapy did all the work. I would guess most, including me, would agree with you--that we had to make the progress ourselves. What I do hear people saying is that they were unable to successful initiate that progress on their own, and therapy was the support or guidance or lifeline (could probably fill in the blank in endless ways depending on the individual) that they needed to make that progress. Is that going to apply to everyone? No, therapy is a very individual experience. That's for sure.