jray23
01-05-18, 01:23
I've been seeing a therapist for two years, ever since my HA ballooned to a point where I was seeing a doctor about once a month for different "illnesses" each time, realizing how my life was being adversely affected (and after two docs both recommending it to me). She is primarily a CBT therapist but she uses other methods as well.
The first year I made a ton of progress and learned a lot, but the second year I felt myself slowly slipping back into HA and have had a rough last few months.
I feel like once I seemed "better", and I had learned about a lot of the terms like "catastrophizing" and strategies like "exposures", our meetings kind of stagnated. I was never really sure what to talk about. It kind of devolved into me just telling her anything I could remember if I had a health thought or not during the time between meetings and I was often ending the session early.
So my question is to the therapy veterans -I'm curious as to what anyone here typically discusses after you've become a regular therapy patient for awhile. Is it just a recap? Sharing symptoms like a lot of posts here? I feel like I plateaued and then lost momentum and wondering if maybe I have been approaching my sessions the wrong way.
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The first year I made a ton of progress and learned a lot, but the second year I felt myself slowly slipping back into HA and have had a rough last few months.
I feel like once I seemed "better", and I had learned about a lot of the terms like "catastrophizing" and strategies like "exposures", our meetings kind of stagnated. I was never really sure what to talk about. It kind of devolved into me just telling her anything I could remember if I had a health thought or not during the time between meetings and I was often ending the session early.
So my question is to the therapy veterans -I'm curious as to what anyone here typically discusses after you've become a regular therapy patient for awhile. Is it just a recap? Sharing symptoms like a lot of posts here? I feel like I plateaued and then lost momentum and wondering if maybe I have been approaching my sessions the wrong way.
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