Posted by sunnydays on January 2, 2007, at 22:25:21
In reply to stuck in a therapy rut, posted by youngaddict on January 2, 2007, at 21:37:40
Well, I'm still not done and I've been going 2 years. It really is true that everyone takes their own amount of time to work through things. Some people can walk right in and open up to a therapist, but it took me almost three months before I said more than about five full sentences in a session. I would really try to relax into it, if you can. Also, maybe you are going too often. I'm surprised that you are going so often if you've only been going five months - it takes a lot of time to build up trust, and going more than once a week takes a lot of trust if you are going to open up. I don't know, maybe it's what you need, only you know that, but maybe cutting back would give you a little more space between sessions to reflect? Sometimes deeper thoughts and feelings take some time to develop as you digest all the different layers and undertones of a session.
Good luck! But try to relax - it really really is going to take a while, unfortunately.
sunnydays
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