So much left unsaid

The last few sessions everything has really been about the therapeutic relationship. I get that it's important, I know I needed to talk about but so much else is going on in my life and there is so much I needed help with and to talk about. The other day for example I wrote on here about really struggling with anger and wanting to talk to T; but when I talked to him it didn't come up because there was too much else going on. Actually it did come up; because the anger kept getting in the way of my responses along with other emotions I was bringing from outside the session. How do you get a balance between talking about what you need to and somehow fitting it all in one miserably short session?

I prioritize the most important things into an email the night before and tell my T to make sure we address it because my mind wanders and I forget a lot.

thanks I should try that
it feels like i haven't stopped crying since my session

I'm sorry you've been struggling, TG. I always have a hard time fitting everything in to sessions. And sometimes it does feel like talking about the therapy relationship overruns any "real life" things that I want to discuss. Emailing my T in between sessions has helped me to get out some of the things about the relationship so that I can focus more in session. Sometimes.

Take good care, okay?

oh tigergirl... wish there was something i could say to help.

I hate that feeling -- the aftermath. I feel for you. Wish there was something I could do.

to answer your question, my feeling has always been that whatever comes up in session is important and will help in the long run. yes, there are many things that don't get said and that can be frustrating. i guess i've learned to accept that that is just part of the ridiculous process and if it's really important, it WILL come up again. and that has turned out to be true so far (for me, that is...).

((((tigergirl))))

this is sort of what I was going to suggest. If you can list those things and send them before you go, then even if you both get off on other things in the hour, what you emailed (that is, what you outlined as important to you) will still be out there. think it might work?