Posted by baseball55 on February 23, 2013, at 19:01:53
In reply to Re: long road in psychotherapy, posted by deerock on February 23, 2013, at 13:23:37
It's true that you have to provide this for yourself. No therapist can give you the sense of trust and care you need to make up for a lack of this as a child. At some point you have to learn to care for yourself and treat yourself with gentleness and compassion. It took me a long time to learn this and to learn how to do this. But now that I have, I feel much better about everything.
On the other hand, I have never fired a therapist. I've had two (both at the same time, one for DBT) and had absolute trust in them both. Still do. But I've cut way back on the frequency of therapy as I learn to rely on my own resources rather than looking to them to give me the unconditional care I seek.
poster:baseball55
thread:1038687
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20120922/msgs/1038730.html