[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Today I had a rather tough session. Lots of crying, T thinks that my intellectual part influences a lot of what I do and feel. We didn't really talk a whole lot, it was more crying and T telling me to let go and instructing me to concentrate on my breath.

At the end of the session, he asked me to write down my experience of the session. I usually do this anyways and he knows. I summarize everything I remember, from start to finish, including my feelings and thoughts that I maybe don't talk about while there. But this time he asked me to print it out and give it to him in my next session.

I wonder whether anyone else has ever had such a request from their therapist or whether anyone has done something like this even without being asked to. I also ask myself what the point of this is, why he wants to see what I put down. Any thoughts are appreciated.

[stopdog]

I did that for the first woman all the time. It never helped. All she did was deny what I saw. I had evidence so I knew I was not incorrect, but her gaslighting and defensiveness came through quite clearly.

[Echos Myron redux]

I sometimes share what I have written in IST. I did a "session journal swap" with T1 once which wasn't a good experience.

[piggy momma]

I do this almost weekly. I send my T my thoughts and perceptions of the session. It helps me reprocess what we talked about and make sure I understand what was said. I hope it helps him understand what was helpful to me and what wasn't.

[SlumberKitty]

I did this with my former T a lot. It was pretty helpful in making sure that we were on the same page, and she got a lot out of my writing because I tend to be kind of quiet in session. It helped her to know how I was feeling too because I can usually write about it but not talk about it that great. I hope your exercise in writing it out and giving it to T is a good one. Hugs Kit

[zoiecat]

No but I do have to fill out a 4 question survey about my impressions of the last session each time. If I rate certain aspects negatively he will always ask what we can be doing differently. T also has me record each session on my phone so that I can listen back if need be because I dissociate a lot.

If I feel things went poorly I will sometimes write a letter to T explaing my feelings and hand it to him next session. He always seems happy to get those and they end up being some of our most productive sessions.

[susannahsays]

The therapist has never asked for my impressions. Sometimes I give them unsolicited in verbal format when I feel provoked, though.