Hi unhappymandi

I'm new here, too. I am a veteran of over 10 years of therapy now and i've had maybe 6 or 7 individual therapists during that time? That may be an exaggeration but only slightly.

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there is a huge truth in that they are helping us address issues that we really don't want to or would rather not, it depends on why you're going. I do believe in them, though, because the good ones do help us get better.

Where are we to go with this? I think it depends largely on what your needs are, how well the t recognizes your needs and works with you to resolve stuff, make sense of stuff, form concrete goals, deal with intangibles and otherwise navigate a complex landscape of thought and emotion with an eye toward improvement in the client.

I've had some bad matches, I've had some good matches. I'm not ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

I think of the painful stuff (and good T's) as syrup of ipecac. It makes you puke. But it gets the poison out. Meanwhile, I still feel the need to be nurtured, comforted and supported through the process. I did not always know what my needs were. A good, insightful and well-matched T can help us work through that part, too.

We sit with you as we do not know what your situation is and how it came to be that you feel this way.