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Old May 17, 2016, 11:37 AM
Anonymous50005
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I guess I don't hear those things as reassurance (which is why I asked for a bit more explanation).

My therapists might say those things, but it was more to counter my negative and mistaken core beliefs and negative self-talk than it was for reassurance. Rather than finding those kinds of statements reassuring, I initially found them frustrating and completely counter to my own internal dialogue. Until I could really believe and internalize them within, those kinds of statements did little to reassure me at all.

What are your new T's responses to statements that may come from old internal beliefs? Is she more direct or challenging perhaps? Perhaps laying it more on you to find those reassurances within yourself by challenging your own thinking? My therapist was more direct and challenging which in the long-run worked better for me or I would still be longing for the reassurances from an outer source rather than having to face my mistaken beliefs and challenge and reframe them for myself.