Posted by LadyBug on June 22, 2005, at 21:19:17
In reply to Re: Should I tell my T....., posted by happyflower on June 22, 2005, at 12:04:50
I've been seeing my T. for over 8 years now and I've found myself in your shoes several times! With all the choices you have too. Money has been the biggest issue for me. Sometimes when I have to fork out the whole amount I feel I should be spending the money on other things for my family, like food!!
I can relate to having a hard time for a few days after a session and then having anxiety a few days before my appointment again. And I can relate to having so much time inbetween appointments you forgot where you left off and most the session is spent trying to catch up. I wish there was a perfect solution for both of us. I am only going every other week right now and to be honest....I like going every week instead! Too much happens to me in 2 weeks and so a lot of our time is spent catching up instead of doing our work! Money is one issue for me right now, and my schedule has been crazy and made it hard to try to schedule an appointment!!! In typing this, I can see that if I had more money I'd for sure go every week. I do better work that way. I've gone through times when I've gone 3 times a week, or even 2 times a week. That's what I needed at the time. Right now once a week would be nice. I'm sure your T. will agree with whatever you tell him you want to do. Doesn't it make you wish they would say, "oh, I want to see you every week, not every other week". It would help me feel more like they want to see me as well....
My T. would tell me, "Let's try this and see if it works and if it doesn't we will go back to what we know was working. Nothing is set in stone about our decisions we make in therapy and when we want to see each outher". That's a good thing for me to remember.
You can try every other week and if it doesn't work out you can go back to once a week.
Good luck with your decision.LadyBug
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