Posted by rayww on December 27, 2002, at 12:20:38
In reply to Therapist Is Causing Me Pain - Please Help!, posted by Emmie on December 27, 2002, at 1:32:53
You have received some good advice here, but keep in mind you have your own duty in therapy - which is to help yourself get well. Too often we rely solely on the therapist for our comfort, when in reality it is only found within. Think of therapy as a bridge to help you over the rough spots, the in-between place, when you're not your old self, and you haven't become your new self yet either. A bridge is something you travel across. The dangers lie below and the bridge offers protection from/in the fall (crash). I have a bridge that I keep going back to, but I use it less and less all the time. Getting well has more involved with it than just therapy, or just medication, or just life style, or just rest/nutrition/exercise. Getting well is all-encompasing, and if you get well in one area it can lead to and help with another. What part of you will get well because of your therapist? your pdoc? yourself?
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