[Dos3512]

What do you do when you dont see all the progress T mentions here and there in sessions? I tend to just agree with her though i am not entirely sure she is right. How do you begin to see your own progress without T having to mentoion it? It is like when I try to look back I forget where I have come from in that moment. If that manes any sense at all...

[trdleblue]

I also have this problem. My T will give me examples of how I've progressed, but I don't see it the way he does. For me I know it has to do with lack of confidence, and my tendency to minimize achievements or positive steps I may make. I wish I knew how to make myself see the good changes I've made, but I don't now, and I'm guessing it is just something that will take time to learn.

I am sure your T is right when she says that you have made progress. After all she is an outside observer, and she would be more likely to notice changes in you. Since the changes probably happen gradually it would be harder for you to notice them.

[Perna]

I remember how I was the first time I saw T, if I spoke too much/too little and how I felt, how scared I was, etc. and I can usually compare that with "now". Think of why you are seeing T, what you want help with and then compare what you can do now to what you started with. If one has a long way to go, there's always going to be that road in front and if there don't seem to be any markers behind, either, then look to the sides and to what other people say. I remember the people at work commenting on how much "better" I was a couple years into therapy.

[Mike_J]

I can only see progress if I look back over the past several months, minimum, I always leave a session feeling good but unsure if I accomplished anything.

[CantExplain]

My T never talks about "progress" at all.
She waits for me to do that.

[KazzaX]

I'm not sure cuz I have never made any progress.. lol. Im sure if you do make progress you just know it in your heart. There would be no bones about it.