Had a good session

I had a good T session today and just wanted to be able to share it with somebody! We didn't really make any new discoveries or anything, but it just felt good today. I'm pretty new to individual therapy (been in couples for over a year) but in the past most of my indiv sessions have been focused on talking about what events that happened to me during that past couple weeks. I think that can be helpful and revealing, but today we finally started to go deeper. Also, at the end of my session, my T usually asks me when I want to come again and that makes me really anxious because our pattern has been every other week and want to see her everyweek. This time she didn't ask me she just suggested a date/time for next week. I felt so happy that I only have to wait a week to go back because two weeks just seems to long right now. She probably knows that.

(( Marie31 ))

I'm sooo happy for you that you had a good session!

I love it when the session just feels good like that. I hope you'll share this all of this with her too, including that you are glad about the weekly sessions!

Thanks for sharing your good news.

Thanks Echoes. Sometime things just click even if nothing specific was different. I guess it was so good I forgot about everything else, because when I got home I remembered that I didn't pay her like I normally do after each session. My copay minimal small so I don't think she cares and I'll just pay her double next time, but that's something I never forget!

It's so gratifying when you leave therapy feeling good. I think Echoes is right about sharing that info. I don't do enough of that and it's a good remnder. T's are people too and if we tell them how we feel about the session they will be better prepared to help us.

Great news I'm glad your session went well...

Marie, that's great. So glad you had a good session. It can just make your day, can't it? And now you get to do it once a week. Hurray!

I would be interested to hear more about your couples therapy vs. individual therapy. Are you still in couples therapy too? Does your partner also do individual therapy? Was couples therapy helpful for you? I am in individual therapy and we may soon add some couples therapy. T and I are brainstorming about the best way to do this.

yeah, that is terrific. i feel really happy for you :-) isn't it about the greatest feeling on earth to feel connected? i'm happy that you get to see her again next week too.

Thanks everybody for their good wishes. It does feel great to have a good session and I'll try to take the suggestion of telling my T next time. One problem I have is that even good things make me anxious so now I can't sleep, but I'm trying to just focus on the good session.

This is the first time I'm trying to use the quote function, so I appoligize in advance if this doesn't work correctly.....

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I would be interested to hear more about your couples therapy vs. individual therapy. Are you still in couples therapy too? Does your partner also do individual therapy? Was couples therapy helpful for you? I am in individual therapy and we may soon add some couples therapy. T and I are brainstorming about the best way to do this.

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Sunrise - I'll try to answer any questions you have about couples therapy. Yes, I'm still in couples therapy. It has been a little over a year. I believe now I've had issues with anxiety and depression for a long time, but I had never seen a therapist before. After a year of couples therapy, I finally started hinting to the therapist the amount of anxiety I was experiencing and how bad I felt. Started SI as an adult which I think is a little unusual. She picked up on it and suggested I make an apt to see her on my own and now I see her for both couples and individual.

Every few weeks my T will ask me if it is still working to use her for both. I read somewhere that as long as the therapist is good it is not an issue for them to be both, it is more if it is holding back the client in anyway.

Yes, my husband also sees an individual therapist for depression and anxiety (great couple I know! no wonder we have issues!) He saw an individual therapist (different T than the one we see together) for several years before we decided to also get couples therapy. So, now we each have individual sessions and also have couples. I think it is a very good thing to do both. The issues are of course related, but in couples therapy the focus is on the "marriage" as the client. In individual therapy the focus is on one person and a I get a lot out of both. I think it has helped our communication a lot.

Hello Marie.
It is good to hear that your session went well. hopefully this will inspire others who may be still making their minds up whether or not having a therapist is productive and necessary. Take care good to hear from you again Marie. Take care Soidhonia

Hi marie, I'm glad you had a good session and that your T suggested a nearer time for the next suggestion.