[healed84]

At the end of our session T stood up and proclaimed.. Well, that was a good session. I felt it too, it was just good to hear him confirm it.

Any other ways you know its been a good/productive session?

[sailorboy]

When T doesn't take out the appointment book and I basically have to run out of there because I'll be late to work but we were too busy laughing to notice.

[stopdog]

I have never had what I would consider a great appointment. I usually consider it a not complete disaster when I leave but do not want to go slam myself into a concrete wall or otherwise smash myself repeatedly.

[iheartjacques]

It's a good session if I don't walk out in tears.

[elliemay]

I know it was a good session when...

I feel lighter than when I went in.
He hears and I know he gets it without judgement.
I feel an inner stillness.
I know that someone gets me.
I have laughed... really really laughed at life, its problems, its annoyances, its petty little crap.
I know that there is a place where I can be me.

[elliemay]

Originally Posted by iheartjacques

It's a good session if I don't walk out in tears.

I get this. It gets better. There is a time when the tears end.

[InRealLife45]

Originally Posted by healed84

At the end of our session T stood up and proclaimed.. Well, that was a good session. I felt it too, it was just good to hear him confirm it.

Any other ways you know its been a good/productive session?

If T offers a hug instead of me asking for it (means shes not mad at me). But sometimes she tells me I did good, but that's rare.

[growlycat]

When I leave feeling the warm fuzzies , which in turn feeds my motivation to tackle the "homework". And I leave him smiling too because I think we really do like each other. (of course I like him that much more, but that's another thread)

[Two89w]

When I walk out of the office feeling up/happier than when I went in. The last few times I have left there the "hangover "as I call it , has been terrible which lasts well into the next day.

The other one is when she accidentally let's me see her other clients names in the book of appointments which makes me chuckle on the inside because I know them and they are way more weird than I am

.... When I leave feeling hope where before there was just pain

[BonnieJean]

I guess I haven't had one in a while.

[Depletion]

When it hurts right.

[brillskep]

I know it was a good session when:

- I felt connected with my therapist during it and it seems to have been mutual.
- I feel happy about therapy and life in general, hopeful, and empowered when I leave the session.

[winter4me]

You get outside, and the world looks GREAT

[granite1]

I honestly don't really know

when SHE thanks ME for working so hard, before I can say thank you to her.

when after a difficult session I feel so grateful to her but can't get the feeling into words, but she says "i know, and you're welcome" and I feel our connection so strongly that I believe she actually does.

when I feel such a sense of myself afterwards.... a calm sense of self.... like yeah, I am gonna do this.

[precaryous]

When she tells me she is there for me and is not going anywhere....

[Ford Puma]

It would be great session for me if T got out of her chair as I get up to leave.
Nothing gets her out of her chair.

[BeGentle]

Those are the best!!! T hugged me twice one day he was so happy. Well, they were invisible hugs, but still, he was beaming and I was floating out the door. Ahhhh,the connection. When it's good it's good and when it's bad it's really terrible to endure.

[Mike_J]

When I have to park my car for a bit on my drive back to work to cry....

[roimata]

A usual indicator for me is when I don't start creatively swearing in the stairwell from frustration.

[tametc]

When we both light a cigarette, look at each other, and say, "Was it good for you, too?"

(Hope everyone realizes I'm kidding here.)

[RedSun]

When I realise I've left my panties under the couch....

Actually, when I cry in the car all the way home!

[always_wondering]

I feel an inner calm for the following week.