I'm sorry you don't have time to yourself, TR. I usually have a long drive home, unless I stay in my therapist's town for work commitments, which happens now and then. It's hard to be forced right back into the world like that, depending on what had been happening in session. Sometimes, my therapist urges me to stick around--walk or sit in the car--before heading back. Once, she offered the office next to hers (which she doesn't even pay rent for, ha) for me to stay in. I think it can be really rough when we are in a really deep dissociative state to readjust. I know your therapist's new office is not in a good location, so sticking around there is probably not going to help, but what about stopping on the way home as others have said they do? Could you delay getting home for another hour or so?
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