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Originally Posted by Rosan7534
I feel like my T session are aimless. I had a ton of trauma and I have a lot of issues from all of it. So I start with T and laundry list everything, that takes a few sessions. Then recommends Pdoc who wrote some scripts. Then T mostly spends sessions by starting out how I felt that week and then now saying 'you shouldn't do that' or 'maybe go back to school', 'maybe go to church' or 'try painting'. And then the session is over. I feel like it's totally aimless and I do feel a little better but I hear other people talk about their t and it sounds so intense or profound... my time is usually .. how do you feel, you should try doing this, and then bye. I have moments of rage, dissociation, complete despair. I don't know if going in an *****ing and then getting I'm so proud of you is going to fix it. Thoughts?
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Have you tried telling T that you don't find that approach to be helpful? It also could be that this T and her style are not a good fit for you. I did see a T a couple times who made similar suggestions (like, "make a collage showing your hopes for the future" when I was dealing with extreme anxiety in pregnancy), and I ended up leaving her to find someone else who was more willing to delve into deeper issues and not suggest quick fixes. I recently changed T's again because I felt like I got as far as I could with her, and it's definitely helping to have a different perspective and different style (he's definitely into talking about the deeper issues and the reasons why I do the things I do--like going back to childhood--which I find to be helpful).