[MuddyBoots]

Do you just know what you want to talk about, or think about it, or write it down, or what?

I feel like my therapy sessions are kind of a waste of time because I go in just answering questions about how good/bad I'm doing in what aspects. It's like verbal writing prompts essentially. I do enough journaling and questioning what's happening to have a better idea of things than she does by talking for me 45 minutes on Friday mornings.

I have a "treatment plan with goals" n stuff but it's literally a list of "use coping skills/DBT skills/take meds/etc.... to avoid substance use, self-harming, behaviors, etc...."

I'm sorry, man, but imagining a stone falling in a lake 2-3x a week, some clonidine, coloring or writing 3-5x a week, and telling myself other people have it worse 2-3x a week isn't going to make me not die because of crap mental health (and resulting crap physical health).

[Scooter9]

I take notes throughout the week and sometimes write out questions and detailed answers, and then talk about those things during the session.

It's a little more complicated, but that's the basic outline.

[Nammu]

I never did unless a T wanted some kind of homework for me. Therapy worked for me, I over came ptsd and learned to pay attention to bipolar disorder signs. I quit therapy for years but started back up just to have someone I could talk to about world events. They disturb me and I need someone to bounce my fears off of.

[Victoria'smom]

I have with other therapists this one knows what to focus on.

[June08]

When I was in therapy, I would make a list of key events of the week (I was going weekly), triggers that happened, or anything else I wanted to update her on and the conversation was guided off of this list.

[raspberrytorte]

I have a few things I want to talk about usually, but lately I've been okay (for the most part) so it's just like hanging out with a friend for an hour and a half and talking about random stuff.

[Blueberrybook]

I don't go to therapy, but I would say right now you need to focus on getting your ED and SH under control (with CBT/DBT?). That should be your one and ONLY goal and once you make some improvement there, I'd say trying to tackle your complex PTSD with healthy coping skills should probably be your ultimate goal. Though maybe if the PTSD is under control the others may follow but I think the ED is endangering your health tremendously, and you need to make steps towards helping that (big steps!). If your T does not help with EDs, can you at least be referred to a T with some experience helping EDs and SH/SI?

[MuddyBoots]

My T apparently is a POS who doesn’t help with anything because she doesn’t tell you she’s not going to be in the office on the day of your appointment so THIS client of hers gets to walk down fore no reason and wait in the lobby long enough to take a nap, be told she’s not there, and then be SO THANKFUL for an excuse to throw up a package of 6 honey buns in the library the next town over (only a 3 mile walk) be cause the one in her city is closed.

[Mountaindewed]

I email her a couple times a week when something cones up and then during the sessions we go through the emails and talk about them and what was going on at the time.

Somedays though I wake up and say I'm not doing this today. And I switch to virtual or the next day if she has anything opened.