Do you divulge EVERYTHING in your past to your therapist?
Or are there some things you don't bring up?
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I hate therapists, my mother forced me to seeing one in the 80's, and I was forced to seeing one while fighting for disability recently. All my last one did was argue, claiming I was always wrong, the clinic admins refused to address my complaints against her as the was the ONLY licensed shrink in the pathetic middle of nowhere small iowa town I was living in at the time, there was another licensed therapist, but she was "only a social worker" She recommended me for disability, but as she was "only a social worker" social security rejected her recommendation, forcing me to see the other one 馃檮
Coralmist 路 41-45, F
@NativePortlander1970 I'm sorry about how she was :( My last one was like that, and I left within a couple months. She would try to counter anything I said, and even said that unless I love myself , can I try for love/have love. It was VERY disempowering. I think many are NOT like those therapists we had . My new one does not put me down, she only ever lifts me up. However, she does not say much. When she does, it is positive. But I really need more input. More ideas/tips. I do most of the talking and they mainly nod. I really need more than one line in a 45 min. session. But I do like her, so I'm giving it more time. I just can't divulge 'everything' yet, I do feel shame over a few things.
Coralmist 路 41-45, F
@NativePortlander1970 I think I will just ask her more direct questions after I explain issues. Often times she doesn't extend on an issue I have. And these are issues that are really affecting my life. Maybe I will need to prompt her, like, 'What do you think about that ?' or 'What should I do in these instances ?'