Posted by pegasus on November 4, 2004, at 13:22:45
In reply to Re: The 2nd Group Session » pegasus, posted by cubic_me on November 4, 2004, at 11:54:30
Can you maybe tell the group in general terms that you have some issues that you are not comfortable discussing in the group, but for which you really feel you need support, and that now that you're in the group, you feel that you've lost the support you used to have for those issues via your individual therapist? It might lead to an interesting discussion anyway. Although, they'll probably try to get you to tell them what the issues are, so you'd have to be ready for that.
Personally, I think it sounds like a group is not the right place for you right now. If you're not ready to try to talk about these things with other people, then you need to have *somewhere* that you can talk about them, and get the support that you need. A group is only a good substitute for individual therapy if you're ready to work on everything in the open within the group, which doesn't seem to be the case for you (and I totally understand). Do you have any other options? What about talking to your old T?
pegasus
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