Posted by SLS on March 4, 2009, at 10:45:34
In reply to long term therapy, posted by yellowbird01 on March 4, 2009, at 9:02:29
Hi Yellowbird.
First: How are you? You are still in my thoughts.
I have been in therapy for 3 years or so. I have been asked at times if I can come up with a goal. Sometimes, that is about the hardest question in the world. Sometimes, it is the easiest. If you are sort of "floating" in therapy, you might not be aware of those issues that are deep inside of you or just that they are so old, that they have become an unrecognizable part of you. In any event, you are not responsible to have a goal for every session. It sometimes takes several sessions or a life event for things to rise up to the surface. So, sometimes it is the therapy itself that uncovers or provokes issues that you had not before been aware of, and that become definite goals to work on.
This is the way therapy has worked for me.
Everyone is different.
- Scott
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