almedafan, I'm sorry that test has caused you so much stress. I am glad your T is not using it for diagnostic purposes. After so long of doing therapy with him, he surely knows your issues and doesn't need test results. If I were you I would just put the test behind me, chalk it up to just something "fun" that I did on a rainy day, and not let it damage my self esteem. I expect you could take the same test in a month, and score far differently, because the answers we give are so strongly influenced by our current mood and emotions, etc. It's kind of like taking one of those quizzes in a women's magazine--kind of interesting but not too helpful in real life. Don't let it bug you! Some of us are more "social" than others. Big deal. Not everyone on the planet can be an extreme extrovert, the life of the party, etc. And if you have some behaviors you would like to work on with your T, such as defensiveness, can you let him know?

In what way do your think your therapy might change direction? From what to what?

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Why do I feel like a therapy contract is coming my way?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">What does that mean? Like you sign a written document that spells out your treatment? Why? It doesn't sound like a positive thing to me, the way you wrote it. In my therapy, all I have signed is the standard informed consent form. Could you just work out verbally with your T what you two will be working on? If there are any techniques you feel uncomfortable with, just don't agree to them.

Good to see you posting again, almedafan.