Posted by daisym on June 16, 2005, at 23:42:41
In reply to Re: I have only two choices . . ., posted by gardenergirl on June 16, 2005, at 22:51:27
I swear our lives are on parrellel courses, are you sure you aren't me??
Sorry -- I think I'd echo the going once a week, but how about this...your therapist usually does 75 minutes sessions, right? How about breaking it up into two 40 minute sessions and billing for one? Or 50 plus a phone call? And, I think you should journal in-between and bring in the journal pages so you can get started right away and not have to spend 15 minutes "melting" first. We use this technique on Mondays because it is so hard for me to get restarted but then I dump stuff out the last 10 minutes.
I've spent way too much time with lawyers lately so I know how stressful that is. It was hard for me to bring this stuff into my therapy too, the younger parts of me felt so invaded and upset. But I needed support around it (still do) so we HAVE to take turns. I'm glad this is relatively short lived for you.
I agree with GG, money shouldn't be an issue. But I'd still rather have this than University, time-limited free therapy.
Hang in there.
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