[crystalrose]

I am sick of new T already. She bores the crap out of me with her nonsense questions, and the slow way she works. She said she works as a narrative and cognitive behavior therapist i don't know much about these types of counseling..

anyone know??

[crystalrose]

I saw someone today for the first time at the crisis centre for SA but she can only help with SA related stuff.
I think that I'm gonna have to ask pdoc to be the only therapist, but she wants me to have another therapist or counselor, so that its not just her doing therapy with me.

[Perna]

How did you get this T and how long have you had her? Odd if she's doing much talking as it's your therapy and you're supposed to be talking/doing stuff. I'd ask your pdoc to make another recommendation if you got the T from her and maybe tell her what you don't like about her?

[darkrunner]

I'm not sure what narrative T is. My T is CBT/DBT. At first I really didn't like her....it seemed like every session was a class - learning about CBT stuff, cogitive distortions, learning how to do thought journaling, all of that stuff. But now our sessions are more just talk therapy, except she is often quick to point out my all or nothing thinking and fortune telling....

Anway, how long have you been seeing this new T? Do you think it could help to give it a little more time? i think every T needs a little breaking in time.

What kinds of questions does she ask you?

[Ascension]

I believe the basic premise of narrative therapy is to get us to give more full details to our telling of life events. "I was bullied at school." The therapist may ask us to give more details about the events. "When I was in the fifth grade I remember a particular event where I was bullied. The school bell had rang and I usually liked to get out of school before everyone else but I had to talk to the teacher about a late paper. I was anxious because I got picked on a lot so when I ran into the bullies at the door I knew it was going to be bad for me. Not only did I get punched in the mouth but I had to deal with being fearful that I was going to deal with this because I wasn't allowed to rush out of class that day."

It forces us to give more details and through our in depth narrative we are forced to remember and think about the events more deeply and in that gain more insight.

If I understand the process that is.