Thread: Therapy Dilemma
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Old 02-02-2008, 08:24 PM
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Morgan...
When it comes to therapy, you have to remember why you are there. Therapists do not take it personally when you choose to go to another one. If you've found one that works better for you, then you need to move on to the new therapist. I think as long as you feel like you're getting somthing out of therapy, then you're good to go, if not. You need to start looking around. I recently started seeing an additional counselor. At first I thought my first counselor was upset and chose to talk openly with him. I told him the reason for seeking the secondary counselor was because of his short coming in the area of the military culture. He negated me in that part of my therapy and I felt I needed to talk about it and didn't feel like that portion of my therapy was beeing addressed. He was suprisingly open and honest with me, agreed. It was awkward at first, but I've managed okay and my therapy has started to really help. For me, I use a combination of two and have found it to work well. It also gave me two resources to go to in case of an emergency. If you have gotten farther in the few sessions with the other therapist, explain to your original therapist why. It will help him to better treat other patients, will help your relationship in therapy and you may find that he may chance or modify how your therapy goes. Until I started taking a more active role in my therapy, I don't think my therapy was going very well. Hang in there and take the step toward recovery... it will always lead you in the right direction.
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