Do you have positive things about therapy/therapists you would like to share?

I recently went through a life threatening illness, and chose to call on a therapist I had on standby. I went back to my old way of thinking, and refused to call on dear friends and family. I told her I wanted to see her 4-5 times, In order to reach some benchmarks in a timely fashion. She was extremely accommodating and helpful. It was reason and time specific and I was pretty impressed with all we got done, including reaching out to my inner circle. Missions accomplished! Now, I journey on with just me, friends, and family, and I feel it is more than enough.

I appreciate my T because she seems very aware of what I'm phobic about. She doesn't try to come close to me, touch me, or be "familiar" with me. Since I've reached my one-year anniversary we are having short sessions and she starts off "what's on your mind?" I'll ramble, she'll nudge, I'll ramble, she'll nudge. (Wow, I'm comparing myself to a sheep and my T to a herding dog!!) We have a recap at the end, she asks me of all the things we talked about, which one do I most want to remember. Man I hated that damn question at first, but now I get it.

She continually points out my positive points, because I continually point out my negative ones. She doesn't allow me to beat myself up all the time, but she's not fake either.

All in all, I'm glad the county put us together, this is almost pleasant, at times scary, but always educational.

CBT T has been pretty consistent--doing what he says he will do. He can be exuberant and funny. Some of my biggest problems seem manageable with him around. He helps break down impossible tasks into small steps I can actually take. He is eager to help, whatever the issue.

Longtime psychodynamic T is amazing. My list for him would span pages.

IDKY, but when my T said that I could trust him, I did. And still do. He told me that I could tell him anything. If it didn't make sense, he would tell me. It's still that way. If he was any more open-minded, his brain would probably fall out.

I've been slumming it, mentally, for quite a while now. My T has been working with me to lighten up some. I was a bit confused and angry at first, but the past two appointments have been more like I used to be a few years ago.

My PDoc has also been extremely supportive and helpful. He's not afraid to go outside the box. He's gone above and beyond the call of duty. He knows me so well.

These men both are outside -the-box thinkers. My parents were very grateful that I found my T and PDoc. I would not have lived this long if it weren't for their treatment.

My t made me aware of many things I never realized before.

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My t is just really kind, and you know what - seeing her makes me feel like someone actually gives a s hit. She helps me look at my thoughts more logically.

In general, there are too many good things about her that I can't put them all into one paragraph... But to sum it up, this woman saved my life.

She's honest. Truthful. Caring. Compassionate. Validating. Non-Judging.

She's helping me to find who I am and allows me to be that person and compliments that person. She is the only person who has ever seen me and listened to me.

I am so comfortable with my T that we can talk about anything, and I feel safe with her.
I have changed almost my whole life in just a few years of seeing her... With my first therapist things just always got worse and worse. My t is willing to do anythng that works for me, and i have made SO much progress.

My T is teaching me how to believe in myself, and to trust myself, and that it's okay to live my life in a way that makes my happiness a priority.

He didn't give up on me yet even though I nearly gave up on myself recently. This gave me new hope.

I had a great moment with my T the other day. She did some simple soothing gestures but first she was very careful to ask. It was a small but kind of amazing thing because it was exactly what I needed and she did it in such a way that left the permission up to me.

She's so empathetic too. It's kind of amazing.

My T has a calming presence. 100% of the time. I'll be completely wound up in anxiety sitting outside his office, and within 5 minutes of talking to him it calms down a lot. Not many people have that effect on me. I guess his consistency is what does it.

Also, he keeps reminding me I can talk to him about anything and he won't get offended, upset, angry etc. and that therapy is a safe place, even when I still don't believe it. He's kept his word though. I don't think I could ever express how much his consistency means to me after growing up with a father who could change his mood to absolutely furious with me in a heartbeat if I stepped even a little bit out of line.

T has helped me realize how important it is that I love myself and she has helped me work on that. She also validates my feelings and doesn't allow me to discount or downplay them. She taught me that it's okay to feel something, even if it's negative. T always tells me that I'm brave and tries really hard to understand everything I say. I'm often given a different perspective or way to look at things since I tend to view things as black or white.

T is the one person in this world that I can count on to be there for me and truly care what I say. Therapy has changed me in the best way possible. The best part is that I'm not done yet.

I was able to repair the deepest, most essential connection of trust of myself and others that had been broken in me at a very young age and that allowed me to "re" grow up. He made that possible by engaging his self as the tool for healing, both in his authenticity as a therapist and as a person. Beyond philosophy, beyond modality, it was/is his willingness to be genuinely present that's been most transformative.

I have only positve things about my T to say. She is the first T who understood me, my feelings, my actions. She knows which questions to ask. She gives great feedback and advice. She's very kind. She is wonderful. I amost always feel better when I leave her office. She has such a positive influence on me.

That's true for me, too.... That last part, with my t. Thank you putting it in words.

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Mine is not afraid to be honest with me. I can talk about myself in a good or bad light and if his opinion differs, he tells me. I like that. It helps me see the world as other people see me and be more self aware. I have the choice to change or not.

I feel like my current T is the first person who has ever understood me and makes me feel like I'm worth something. He puts me first, which is such an odd experience, but also so healing.

Bumping this because I missed my appointment this week due to being sick, and found out firsthand what happens to my mood when I don't get that chance to decompress.

My husband has a great pdoc. At the last minute today, he had to cancel his appointment because he had no transportation to get there. She completely understood, called him to talk to him via phone, didn't charge him, and listened to our concerns about continued side effects from one of his meds and agreed with our thought that it needs to be reduced and possibly discontinued. She gave us permission to reduce the med as we see fit. We are so fortunate to both have great pdocs. They are actually partners in the same psychiatric practice. Good physicians; good people.

Recently I quit for 2 weeks and saw a therapist for one session after seeing a consult therapist. I wanted to run from one and the other just left me unsettled.

This reinforced that my T is such a quality therapist and how lucky I am to have him. I will never do that again-he's the best.

I had a "benchmark" day today - sort of a hankster day olympics, where i can see how much ive changed, in just doing and reacting to stuff that happened today, interacting with people, taking care of myself. Good to see the work in the t room paying off.

My therapist helps me create reachable mini goals to help me improve my Life.

I also want to thank you, stopdog. I hope this thread will continue. There ARE positive things to say about Ts and therapy!!

What is sad to me is that there are so many therapists who do such horrible, harmful things. If they would be decent and ethical then people wouldn't have the need to say the negative things.