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Old Feb 28, 2018, 03:31 PM
SarahSweden SarahSweden is offline
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Even if I donīt have all of your experiences I can relate to what you write about as I feel the same to some extent. Iīm going to end the contact I have with my psychiatric nurse and even if we donīt have "real" therapy Iīm there because of depression and anxiety but I donīt feel itīs helping me.

As she isnīt a therapist (this occurs even if he or she IS a therapist) she canīt meet me where I am but talks in general terms and even if I try to get her to focus on MY experience with something she always turns in to general babble about things. I understand she isnīt competent enough, she has said herself that she feels she canīt help me.

But Iīve also spent a lof of time with a therapist and that didnīt lead anywhere either as she was too narrow in how she talked about problems and she wanted to find mostly all answers in childhood experiences.

I can really understand your resignation, to seek for help but never get really met in what one needs to talk about or be helped with is deteriorating to ones mind and self image. Perhaps there is "a therapist for everyone" but as one gets worse and worse by trying out several therapists on the way I think itīs very difficult to continue trying until that very therapist shows up.

And I agree with you, itīs not the client who fails therapy when one has tried several therapists and really engaged in trying to feel better.
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