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Old Aug 17, 2016, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Cleo6 View Post
Has anyone else had their t get frustrated with them due to this. Also how can I try to bring things up easier at the beginning as I dont want to make her annoyed. If you left anything to the end did your t bring the subject up at the next session if she could tell that you found it difficult.
If mine has gotten frustrated, she hasn't shown it. Waiting until the final minutes isn't something I do intentionally. It just happens, sometimes with things I hadn't consciously been thinking to talk about. Maybe it's just feels safer or more doable on some level, I don't know. I hadn't even noticed it until my therapist mentioned it once, in a casual sort of way it seemed.

If I think about it, it probably happens this way over several sessions until I bring it up early enough for more discussion. In listening to recordings of my sessions, I notice that even if I bring up an uncomfortable topic earlier, I will suddenly change topics to something else. And then we talk about whatever the new topic is. It's frustrating for me to listen to, but at the time, I don't notice any frustration from my therapist. She doesn't usually bring things up that I find difficult. It seems that she waits for me to do that. It has worked.