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Cosmic Creeper
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Hi everyone,
Has anyone had a therapy session, where T has put on a 30min professional meditation CD? I literally only had the chance to speak for about 20mins, then after the meditation she told me not to speak to her about the meditation. It's hard meditating laying down with someone watching your breathing! I sort of wish I could have done the CD in my own time? I feel like T has given up on me; my session was 50mins instead of an hour and she doesn't seem to have any understanding of my disorder. Grrr! Sorry, mini rant! Hope everyone is okay. |
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UGH. That sounds awfully frustrating! I hope you can talk to T about what you're feeling. I'd imagine it has the potential to be quite productive.
I know I would feel a bit resentful of that as well. I noticed that my T sessions have been about 35 minutes lately - and I'm supposed to get 45 minutes. But, considering he has spent time responding to my emails on occasion without additional compensation, I chalk it up as even. But still...grrr... __________________ Don't follow the path that lies before you. Instead, veer from the path - and leave a trail... |
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I wouldn't be happy with that. Sometimes we do hypnosis, which I find helpful, but I don't always like that it takes up a big chunk of time - time I want to be talking to T - but it is my T talking me through the process, she is still there with me DOING something, not just whacking on a CD. That would bother me.
Did she talk to you about it beforehand? Was it something you agreed to do? Perhaps there is some reason she thought this would be of help to you? Is there a reason she couldn't just lend/give you a copy of the CD to listen to at home? Do you pay for the full hour? Or does she usually just let you run over time? |
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That really sucks. I wouldn't have been happy either.
And there is no way in hell that I would lay down in front of my T. You are brave. |
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I had a T read to me from a self help book for most of the hour once. I kept thinking "I'm paying you $80 to read something from a book I could buy for $20 and read myself??" Seeing her didn't last long...I think I gave it one more session before I quit.
I would be frustrated too. You have a relatively few minutes with T each week and to spend time doing something you can do on your own seems a waste of the time to me. |
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I would consider it quite odd if the therapist did not discuss such a thing first. I probably would have refused to do it.
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Yeah no way would I put up with that. I would flat out say no. Listening to a meditation CD is not the therapy I am paying for. Remember you have rights. You are a client and paying for a service.
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Honestly, there are any number of details that you've posted about your sessions that would have sent me running for the hills long ago. Hope you can work it all out.
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It was a nice CD - one I probably would have done better with if I'd bought it and had it at home. I just think T has given up on me. She said nothing about me almost passing out last week and is 'awful' with my ED - part of me feels happy that she doesn't understand as it means I fall deeper and know she won't help me stop. It's like she turns a blind eye to it, but I've known her so long, I feel I can't back out. Thanks for all your replies, have a good day wherever you are. |
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Maybe s/he misjudged what you needed/wanted out of that session. I would not be happy paying for an hours session and only getting 20 mins of it to talk, and then be told i couldn't talk about the meditation. Are you happy in the other areas of your therapy, up until this? __________________ “Change, like healing, takes time.”. Veronica Roth, Allegiant |
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Firstly, I would be concerned about her not mentioning you passing out last week. She surely should have asked are you any better this week and how you felt about last week?
I can understand though after having such a stressful session last week how she would want to calm you this week and relax. Maybe she has not given up on you but quite the opposite, she is caring for you in a different way, teaching you the value of self care. but if it is not working for you, you should tell t |
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Did she not mention your almost passing out at all?
I would consider getting a new T that knows about EDs. I was not able to make any progress with my ED recovery until i started seeing my current T who has 20+ years personal experience of EDs. You need a T who is able to understand your ED, and also pull you up on it if (and when) necessary. __________________ “Change, like healing, takes time.”. Veronica Roth, Allegiant |
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I'm not quite sure I understand why there's a lot of weight on the idea that she didn't bring up almost passing out last week.
My T rarely brings up things that happened the week before. He leaves it up to me to bring it up. I see this as keeping me in the driver's seat in working towards getting my needs met. My T doesn't do "passive" approaches and wants me to be direct in addressing my feelings. There could be a whole host of reasons why your T didn't bring it up....perhaps not wanting you to feel pressured into addressing it, leaving the option for you to bring it up. My T knows that I have had issues with SI on occasion. He never brings it up. I'd imagine he doesn't want to deliberately draw attention to it so that I can use it as a way to manipulate him into feeling or acting a certain way. He would certainly allow me to talk about it if I chose to. I just don't feel that it's a primary concern as it doesn't occur very often. And the work that we're doing hopefully would lead to eradicating that kind of behavior. __________________ Don't follow the path that lies before you. Instead, veer from the path - and leave a trail... |
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I wouldn't like to do a cd for session, not at all. But I get that you were being polite in complying with it. I'd be polite like that too. Just try to remember that it is your session, and saying "I really don't want to do that" is important. Your t won't be angry with you.
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I don't mind; I mucked her around last week I don't blame her not wanting to talk about it with me. |
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I had a question.....why weren't you allowed to talk about the meditation once it was over? Not sure I understand the reasoning behind that?
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my T has played videos ,and has read from a book called super brain. i have not had a problem with it .sometimes i just cant talk and she will do this and it does help.
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