Improving Or Being Naive?

[Thinkingman85]

Sometimes I doubt if therapy is effective in bettering me as a person. However, after nine weekly sessions, it seems that I am starting to open up. What has kept me in a hopeless state of mind is how horrible the tragedies I went through were. However, I have a feeling that if I open up about what happened and I continue to work on finding a way to deal then I may actually heal and be able to function normally again. I'm wondering if anyone here has noticed that he or she was improving with therapy. How could you tell? With a therapist, I feel like I may be able to talk about things too deep for anyone else to handle.

 

[piratelady]

I never really notice when I am improving with therapy. Usually my therapist will point out the improvements he has noticed. Once he points them out, I can usually see them too.

 

[Britt.f7]

I do realize when I'm doing better. I, in the past, was more likely to stand up for myself and make better decisions. Now I seem to do that and I need therapy to help in other areas. Sometimes my therapist has had to point it out, but, usually, I recognize it. Maybe not while it is happening, but when I talk about it later. Then it is one of those "wow" moments.

I didn't feel like I was getting 'better' with my current therapist. Nothing against her, she was nice enough, I just didn't feel we were really working on anything. I see a new one in the same clinic beginning tomorrow. I'm hoping we mesh.

With a therapist, I feel like I may be able to talk about things too deep for anyone else to handle.

I feel the same way.