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Magnate
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Apr 14, 2019 at 09:30 AM
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Maybe this topic has been dealt with already. My apologies then for any redundancy.
Who here actually prepares for a session. Maybe it is reminder notes on what you wish to bring up. Maybe it is even rehearsing what you want to say and convey? |
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Magnate
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Apr 14, 2019 at 09:38 AM
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Sometimes I will send an email the night before titled "For Tomorrow" I will put in it something I might have struggled with or a dissociation incident. It has even been about my relationship with him. Not always do I send an email.
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Grand Magnate
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Apr 14, 2019 at 09:41 AM
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Ha ha ha... I start prepping for the next session as soon as I get home and it never works!
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Apr 14, 2019 at 09:52 AM
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I use the Day One journal app. I keep several different types of journals within that app — a daily journal, a prayer journal, a dream journal, a gratitude journal, etc. Then I carefully pick and choose what to share knowing that I won’t have time to share it all. So, yes, I do prepare for each of my sessions. I can’t imagine doing it any other way. I am definitely an organizer and a planner!
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Poohbah
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Apr 14, 2019 at 09:53 AM
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I always prepare. Sometimes I jot things down throughout the week. Other times I spend some time the night prior reflecting. If there is something major I will send an email or text.
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Apr 14, 2019 at 09:57 AM
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I think therapists have different schools of thought on this. Some seem to encourage it and others discourage it.
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Apr 14, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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I'm usually processing stuff from the prior session throughout the week so rarely think about the upcoming session.
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Apr 14, 2019 at 11:26 AM
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I keep a journal between sessions, and will reflect on this prior to the next one so that I know what I want to bring up. I will also consider any artwork or other writing I have done in the week between sessions and ask myself whether I feel that would be worth taking.
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Magnate
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Apr 14, 2019 at 11:31 AM
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I rarely prepared ahead of time. I think it was by nature of how my therapists functioned; we worked our way into topics sort of organically I guess. There were occasional times I did some writing ahead of time, often because of something we touched on in the previous session and the therapist suggested doing/writing something in preparation for our next meeting.
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Grand Magnate
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Apr 14, 2019 at 02:52 PM
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Sometimes I think about it, but I don't do anything formal. I definitely don't rehearse, although I sometimes fantasize how it will go down if I'm planning on confronting the therapist about something. That sometimes includes muttering under my breath a tentative tirade, but I don't think that's what you mean by rehearse since I do that for my own entertainment.
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Grand Poohbah
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Apr 15, 2019 at 01:22 AM
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I almost always prepare in some way. Usually I mostly write things down during the week that I might want to talk about. The day before my session I go through the notes and see what still bothers me or what I'd still like to bring up. At that time I also rank all the topics by how important they are to me and then think about how I will more or less start the conversation. This way I usually manage to cover everything and feel satisfied with what we talked about.
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