Do you have faith in your T

Sep 30, 2015, 06:55 PM

I think I do have needs with regard to therapy, this is why I started it in the first place. A need to get to know myself better and to discuss and work on my issues with someone who has expertise to help that way. I trust him and his competence in what he is doing. I have only been seeing him for a few months now, but he has always been very reliable and consistent, so it's not hard to believe in him.

spring2014 · Sep 30, 2015, 06:59 PM

hi myron,
I have complete faith in my therapist. she is a godsend to me and my guardian angel .I would be lost without my therapist now if I didn't start going back to therapy last year .

Diagnosis: Anxiety and depression
meds : Cymbalta 90 mgs at night
Vistrail 2 25 mgs daily for anxiety prn
50 mgs at night for insomnia

Petra5ed · Sep 30, 2015, 08:18 PM

I have total faith in my therapist. Not sure if it makes him anxious at all... I don't have faith that he's perfect, or will ever be perfect, or that he will respond perfectly to me every time. He has messed up, been late, pissed me off, but nothing outrageous, he's just human. So far though he hasn't shown any sign of trying to hurt me. I have faith that he won't ever go out of his way with intent to hurt me.

Victoria'smom · Sep 30, 2015, 08:24 PM

Nope mine's a bit to flaky.

nottrustin · Sep 30, 2015, 08:46 PM

I have as much faith and trust in her as I do anybody. I know she is always there while I am working with her, will always be supportive in my decisions, will never intentionally hurt me, when she does make a mistake she will apologize.

SkyscraperMeow · Sep 30, 2015, 08:46 PM

Yes, I do. Not because he's infallible, but because I can tell he's trying and because I can tell he cares, and because every time I have a problem with something about the therapy, he puts in a genuine effort to solve it. He's not only helping me do the work of therapy, but he's also helping make it as comfortable as it can be.

Cinnamon_Stick · Sep 30, 2015, 09:37 PM

I have faith that my therapist has my best interest at heart and listens to me patiently and helps me the best of her ability. I don't have faith that she will never mess up or let me down. It has happened recently. She is human. She does own up to what she does. I do trust her a lot.

Gavinandnikki · Sep 30, 2015, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I absolutely have no faith in any of them about that.

Sounds like money well spent.......

justdesserts · Sep 30, 2015, 09:49 PM

Yes. I have faith in him, but I know that he's not perfect. The faith comes becomes he's willing to work when he's made mistakes and try to grow and help me grow, too. I have have faith that he will work with me or be on my side, even if one of screws up.

stopdog · Oct 01, 2015, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Gavinandnikki

Sounds like money well spent.......

How I choose to spend my time and money is not the problem of anyone else. I don't judge how you do or did therapy- why do you feel the need to judge how I do it?

Oct 01, 2015, 06:30 AM

Yes, I have faith in him. He still can be a total asshat on occasion, but that doesn't stop me having faith in him

Gavinandnikki · Oct 01, 2015, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

How I choose to spend my time and money is not the problem of anyone else. I don't judge how you do or did therapy- why do you feel the need to judge how I do it?

You comment all the time on how others do their therapy -no judgement there, right?

My comment was not meant to be judgemental all. If it came off that way, sorry. It was more a reflection of my ongoing confusion of why you pay 2 therapist out of pocket - and yet everything you say about them suggests you don't like them, trust them or respect them.

Just my confusion. I apologize. Won't happen again.

stopdog · Oct 01, 2015, 09:09 AM

If others find trusting therapists in a way I do not or do something else with therapists that works for them -then great for them as far as I am concerned.

Oct 01, 2015, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I'd say one way is inconsistent (or unclear) boundaries.

I've experienced a bit of that with my marriage counselor. Like telling me earlier this year that his door was always open to me if I wanted to see him individually (this was in our second individual session to address my transference for him), then a couple months later, when I actually did request another individual session with him, he declined. Eventually (took a few weeks) got him to admit that he'd made a mistake and shouldn't have offered that in the first place.

Yeah, that would bother me too. If she'd suddenly say I couldn't email anymore.

Thanks for the example.

AllHeart · Oct 01, 2015, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AllHeart

I have faith in my T for some things and not for others. I have faith she will be there for me in my darkest hours and help pull me through. I have faith in my T when it comes to the humanness aspects of life. I do not have faith she can help me make all of the necessary changes I need to live a fulfilling, half-way good life. I'm such a dang mess up in the head so I don't know if anyone can help me with those changes anyway.

I stand corrected. After my intense session with my T tonight, I discovered I do have faith she can help me make change happen. I so did not see that one coming, but I'm really glad it did.

ruh roh · Oct 01, 2015, 08:41 PM

I'm getting there, though I'm not sure I would call it faith or trust. It's a deepening of something that feels very real and solid.

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