needing more?

I started out seeing my T every week. 4 months later she asks if maybe I am doing well enough to go to every other week. I have done this the last month.

I am wondering if maybe I still need to go weekly. I feel stupid even thinking about it because I WAS doing so good, but now I am back in my pit and its closing in. I can see a small inkling of light left and I am afraid to blink for fear it will be gone as well. Not sleeping is greatly affecting me but Im curious if seeing her more often again would help. ???

You could go back to weekly and see if it helps. I have gone from a weekly schedule to every other week several times in my therapy. It just depends on my level of need. I do find it easier to keep up the "train" of therapy if it is weekly. When I go to every other week, it takes a longer to get back into it during session and overcome some shyness that has developed. Why don't you talk to your T about it and see what she thinks. I think, though, that you know best whether going back to weekly is what you need right now.

I'm sorry to hear things are rough right now. Sleep is so important. Hang in there.

Hallie. You need to be honest with your therapist to get your needs met at this time. You are experiencing a lot of changes and you need the extra support at this time. There is nothing wrong with changing therapy dates and times. Take care Hallie. PM anytime. Soidhonia

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I know I need weekly sessions with at least one therapist. Find what works best for you and see if your therapsist can work it out get back in there weekly. Thinking of you and what works out best for you!!

In your post you seem to indicate that the idea of tapering off didn't come from you, it came from a suggestion from your T. Do you think this may be affecting how you are feeling about it?

I'm in a similar situation at the moment. In my case what I want seems to change daily Part of me wants to go weekly another part of me thinks I don't need to be going at all. At the moment... I want to go to therapy every other week. However at my last session switched to every 3 weeks. *&^%??

I think for me how often I go is not really the underlying issue, it is how the decision is made that is the issue. In my case a simple mention from my T such as "when do you want to come back 2 weeks or 3 weeks?" is immediately interpreted as.. she is subtly telling me I don't need to be here or she is trying to push me out the door. Not wanting to appear like it really matters to me, I obviously say, "I think I will go with 3 weeks." Then these negative thoughts just seem to grow and create anxiety over weeks between sessions.

Maybe as others have suggested if you decide to speak up and request that you return more frequent sessions for a while. See how it goes and get empowered by speaking up for yourself. Then when you are ready decide to taper off again without your T's prompting. I have no idea if this will make a difference or not. As of this moment... this is my game plan for my next session.

im just not able to be honest and say..... I CANT FUNCTION doing 2 weeks. its like everything gets worse the week i cant vent. i feel like she annoyed with me.

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i feel like she annoyed with me.

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I feel this way a lot. This is where my obsessive thinking can actually be valuable. When I feel this way, I try to challenge my conclusion by go back through my last session looking for evidence to support it. What did my T say that indicated that she was annoyed with me? What actions (body language) did I see that would support this feeling? Usually, when I do that I can find nothing she said or did that supported the idea that she wants to get rid of me or that she is annoyed, angry, trying to make me suffer. In doing this little challenge activity I often find that my T has actually left some very good evidence to the contrary.

When you feel this way, try reviewing your sessions. You may find that what you feel and what actually happened are not the same. Oftentimes what I feel is coming from me not my T.