[DelusionsDaily]

Well it's official I wasted another session totally shut down and unable to focus. I can't even really tell you what we talked about...except that at the end I started crying and telling her I was hopeless but that was at the very last minute so we didnt delve into why i feel so hopeless. I didn't even realize I was so shut down until I got in my car to leave.

[PeeJay]

Aw. I've had those moments of total frustration too.

It wasn't totally wasted though. The fact that T showed up and didn't kick you out and stayed present through the discomfort probably made some tiny part of you (no matter how small) a touch more trusting of him or her.

Also, you can bring this up during the next session. Say you were disappointed and you didn't even realize you'd shut down until you got in your car to leave.

Sounds like you need a T who can be really gentle and move at your pace. I think this because I definitely do need that and luckily, T noticed this about me and slowed it way down for me. Baby steps.

[CantExplain]

Crying can be a positive outcome. Those tears needed to be shed.

[RTerroni]

I have had those sessions where I have struggled to find stuff to talk about (it even happened recently with my current Therapist) but things will get better I can tell you that.

[Daeva]

I was JUST talking to my crisis counselor about this! (I have a counselor and a therapist) and with my experience I have had a few sessions in a row where we got into some deep stuff, and everything, but the last two I feel like we're back at square one, where I'm just talking about anything and everything, and basically nothing of consequence. And I was getting frustrated with myself. So I told my counselor, worrying I was regressing in therapy or shutting off from my T, and she told me it's normal, that it may be my defenses pacing myself, and that a lot of people go through this in therapy. And that it will progress in time and I'll have those deep moments in my therapy again.

So never fear! Maybe it's the same with you too