What kind of homework does your therapist give you?

[WishfulThinking123]

Hmm...well she will sometimes give me homework usually depending on what we talked about during session. My ongoing hw is of course journaling and working in my PTSD workbook. She sometimes gives me specific things she wants me to think about in my journaling so, we could talk about those issues more in depth next session. She also gives me areas to focus on such as trying to endure conflict when it arises o0

 

[Friday]

Q - What kind of homework does your therapist give you?
A - Come back. :hilarious:

He's still handling me like broken glass. Which is both hilarious and frustrating as hell. Shrug. C'est la vie. I'm not used to having someone help out. Usually if I want to learn something I go figure it out. Which leads me to my Q for you:

What do you want to learn?

 

[TheOne]

Ive never been given homework from my T, but i continue to meditate and she tells me to pay attention, if anything comes up during my meditation, to make notes.

 

[roaringrachel]

For me, I would say practicing skills that we talk about in therapy is my homework. That might be practicing a new breathing technique. In the past, it would be really hard for me to enter my home first when there was no one else inside already, so she would have me do that and tell myself "I am safe." She's also had me do certain activities like look a trauma reminder (note or picture) and write on the back of it all of the memories that brings up for me and then get rid of it. Stuff like that.

 

[TheOne]

For me, I would say practicing skills that we talk about in therapy is my homework. That might be pract...

Yeah, you brought up some of my other areas that i practicing skills of breathing etc.

 

[Deleted member 37474]

Well since I can't seem to talk about a specific part of my trauma, she wants me to write about it from the perspective of a 19 year old naive me. And I still haven't opened up the journal. Avoidance seems to be a thing. Normally she just has me journal my thoughts.

 

[Deleted member 42320]

Homework?

 

[Crow]

My T gives me homework like taking a walk in an unfamiliar park or spend 15 minutes outside or roar once a day or draw with my left hand. Nothing workbooky. In my DBT group almost everyone had written assignments each week in their regular therapy. That would drive me bat shit crazy. T said I do so much work in my own that the workbook kind of stuff would be silly.

Oh yeah. She recommends Netflix shows sometimes like Occupied. Then we talk about the shows in session.

 

[Hooper]

Only thing she ever told me was to watch Inside Out. Apparently I don't process my emotions properly. I skip sad and go straight to mad. I watched it but I still skip sad.