Posted by waterlily on February 26, 2003, at 8:54:23
In reply to trapped in therapy, posted by likelife on February 26, 2003, at 0:15:44
> I'm afraid I will continue to manufacture problems, because I've found someone who will listen to me, really listen to me, and I don't want to give it up.
I've been going to therapy every other week for the past two years and I feel the same way - like I have to be on the lookout for problems so I'll have something to talk about. I think that maybe if I wasn't in therapy at all I'd be more content.
> Then, on the other hand, it seems like there continue to be plenty of 'issues' for me to work on that might not be so imminent and well, life-threatening, but still seem important.I feel the same way in that I still have plenty of things that bug me. Thing is, it's always the same thing. I feel like I'm not making progress. When I wanted to take a month off therapy because I had maxed out my therapy visits on my insurance, my therapist was very clear that she didn't think that was a good idea and cut her fees considerably so I'd keep the biweekly sessions. Perhaps I have a lot more work to go than I think I do.
>I have tried to picture termination, and striking out on my own as it were, but I get panicky when I think about it.
I'm not paniky about it, but am disturbed that with as much time as I have spent with my therapist I don't envision parting ways being a problem.
> I don't want to leave therapy, but get the feeling that maybe I should. Does anyone share these feelings?
Maybe you should do some sort of 'maintenance therapy' where you space your visits a month or two apart. I know that when I quit it won't be cold turkey.
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