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Magnet
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Oct 23, 2019 at 02:16 AM
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I don’t know that I can tell about an individual session when I leave.
Sometimes I walk out feeling exhausted like I have worked hard and I feel I have accomplished a lot. But sometimes I walk out thinking, What was that??? or having whined the entire time. It’s not until later that I either realize I learned something or left with something important to work on...or I didn’t. Meh. I never know at the time. The cumulative impact seems positive so the endeavor as a whole is productive even if individual sessions aren’t always. __________________ Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. (St. Augustine) |
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Grand Poohbah
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Oct 23, 2019 at 06:04 PM
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Interesting thread! Thanks for posting this StopDog!
I would think that any successful therapy appointment ought to provide insight for the client. Not all therapy sessions with be fun or enjoyable, so I think it is important to first strip the idea that productive therapy appointment should elicit a positive reaction. On the flip-side, if a therapy appointment brings about a negative reaction in a client, it is only ever productive in the client can find useful insight in that experience. So I suppose in some way or another, a productive therapy appointment requires additional insight, however large or small that may be, and that in the end - if that insight is useless in allowing a client to make strides forward - it can then be labelled unproductive. Thanks, HD7970ghz __________________ "stand for those who are forgotten - sacrifice for those who forget" "roller coasters not only go up and down - they also go in circles" "the point of therapy - is to get out of therapy" "don't put all your eggs - in one basket" "promote pleasure - prevent pain" "with change - comes loss" |
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Oct 23, 2019 at 06:51 PM
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The vagueness and misunderstanding is such a problem with psychotherapy. Should improve in time but doesn't necessarily.
I feel to be productive that needs to be openly discussed. And improved. And that's just the first step, towards shared understanding, and then the problems you're there for have to actually be changed, which may require methods beyond 'talking therapy'. . Easier said than done. |
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