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Jun 26, 2018, 01:26 AM
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Do you ever feel like you are disappointing your therapist if you aren’t showing improvement? I want to make it clear that my therapist is great and this is no reflection on her, it’s my own ****. I just worry that I’m a bad client and I’m not trying hard enough or I’m a lost cause. Have you ever felt this way or even talked with your therapist about this?
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Jun 26, 2018, 03:41 AM
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I feel guilty for relapses and or I ruin his plans for the session. Like we were going to be doing EMDR yesterday but he spent the time talking about an issue I had in school and an email I sent him over the weekend.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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Jun 26, 2018, 07:01 PM
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Your therapist is not disappointed if you are not getting better. The T probably is in tune to your disappointment. You are not letting your T down.
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True happiness comes not when we get rid of all our problems, but when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice patience and learn.~Richard Carlson |
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Jun 26, 2018, 07:13 PM
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Yes I totally get this. I was so afraid he’d be disappointed in me for relapsing with my eating disorder. I talked to him about my fear, which I do think helped. I also made him promise to tell me if he did begin to feel frustrated with me lol.
I think it’s a normal feeling, but I’m sure your t is not disappointed in you and is more concerned about how much you’re struggling is hurting you. |
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