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Originally Posted by Skies
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I don't understand why we can't make an adaption until I have more resources. It's like he thinks it's my childhood wishes rather than the reality of my life, like "my way or the highway". That's the worst part. Like he thinks i'm trying to manipulate him into changing to satisify childhood wishes rather than agreeing on ways of doing therapy differently so that it doable. It feels traumatizing to me that he doesn't acknowledge the struggles that I face on a daily basis.
It doesn't make sense to take on a client, then when they are in a tough spot, to say-oh, too bad, if you can't do the therapy the hard way, we can't do therapy at all. Sorry you got so attached and invested in me and opened up to me over the past 3+ years, but now you have to go find someone else and start over from the beginning and go through the whole process of trusting, attaching, opening up, telling your story all over. Adding another 3-4 years onto your therapy process....including going through dozens of therapists to find the right one.
And now that you are emotionally, mentally, and cognitively drained from this therapy, good luck materializing and sustaining the will, motivation and energy to start over again! Sorry you tried so hard and devoted so much effort to make things work all this time only to end up having to start over from the beginning again. Sorry, take care!
He didn't say this, but when I bring it up, I have a feeling this will be the result.
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Maybe, could you bring it up? And if the response is what you expect, then. . .
Do you really need more therapy at this point to get "over the hump" so to speak? Do you really need a therapist to "contain" things for you still?