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Old Jul 27, 2021, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by FluffyDinosaur View Post
I feel like therapists shouldn't be so fixated on "progress." They should understand that sometimes the most important thing they can do is just offer support and stability. It's nice to make progress with issues, but if there's no progress for a while it does not mean the treatment has become useless, at least not to me. The most important thing for me is the knowledge that they're always there, pretty much the one thing I can rely on to be there when I do get worse again. At least I wish I could rely on it. That might offer more of a sense of stability than any med.
I completely agree with this. A therapist did get tired of me, deciding I was not making ''enough'' progress. This was a therapist who had encouraged attachment and transference.... not a good therapist. A reliable, competent therapist might offer more of a sense of stability than meds, I agree.
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