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Old Sep 09, 2017, 04:10 PM
MrsDuckL MrsDuckL is offline
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Such an interesting discussion, I can see the pros and cons. For me, the answer would be no way! My husband is super supportive of me going to therapy and is happy that my therapist and I have a great connection. But I'm possessive of my therapy time, it already seems like that hour a week flies by, and I don't really want to share it! My husband and I have been together 12 years and we've never done couples counseling, my husband has been on an SSRI for years but never done therapy himself. So I don't know if he would even feel comfortable in a therapy session, I know it took me months to really open up and feel at ease.

I think the answer to this question would depend on what brought you to therapy in the first place. For me, I do therapy because crap from my past and how that leads to my own issues as an adult--but not specifically issues in our decent marriage. I bring up my husband from time to time in session, but usually there's not a lot to process through that aren't my own defensive/ emotional walls issues. My therapist has never brought up the idea to bring my husband, and that's totally fine with me. I like my therapy time to be just me! I have a young child, and I get so used to my own needs coming in last. I treasure than hour a week where I can talk about me and be a little self centered.
Thanks for this!
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