Posted by pegasus on October 26, 2004, at 16:21:47
In reply to Do you plan your sessions?, posted by Speaker on October 26, 2004, at 15:26:40
I'm glad that you brought this up. It's been on my mind a lot lately. I'm starting to notice that when I go in with a few topics to start with, my sessions always go better. When I go in thinking that we'll just wing it, then I usually end up frustrated as you describe, because I feel like I wasted the session.
So, lately, I've been picking one or two significant things to bring up. We don't always end up talking about those things, if the conversation naturally takes some other turn that seems important or productive to me at the time. But at least, if we aren't talking about anything important, I have something to fall back on that I know will feel like real therapy.
Also, I've been trying to keep my list very short and simple, because otherwise, I find that I'm inclined to forget it!
pegasus
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