homework?

does anyone elses t ever give them "homework"? mine gave me this paket to read and she wants me to fill in the question that it asks so we can look at them today at my session... its like am i in shcool or what... now that i think of it maybe i am..lol shes trying to teach me how to cope better so i guess i just answered my own question..lol ... still wnat opoinins does ur t do this with u?

IMO, good Ts give homework. My last one (who I loved to pieces) always gave me a question or issue to think about and reflect on between weekly sessions. I would write about it and email it to him and then we had an immediate starting point for the next session, without having to sit around saying "well, what should we talk about?" which used to happen to me with regularity with a different T.

I liked it, myself, but everybody is different. I do think it's a valid thing for T to do, though. My current one doesn't do it and I miss it.

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IMO, good Ts give homework.

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IMO, whether a T gives homework has nothing to do with whether they are good. For example, my T doesn't give homework and I think he's great!

skittles, if the homework assignments are working well for you, then that's really all that matters.

I give my T homework. hehehe... I give him something and say, "This is your homework. Read this over the next week." He finds that funny, when I call it homework.

He doesn't give homework. Well, we laugh about the things he tells me to do... He says, "You know I don't give homework... but I'm telling you to go home and play with your birds. You can tell them about me. Tell them what a bad therapist I am. Tell them what a good therapist I am. Try to create a safe place."

Or he may suggest that I journal about a particular thing and bring it in for the next session.

But no, he has never given a worksheet or anything like that.

I work with coping skills worksheets all the time at my internship. It may seem silly and school-like, but they are actually really helpful and though provoking. They are a directive way to stimulate thought, conversation, and help you to reach insight.