Comments on: On Therapy

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:49:23 +0000

I had to quit therapy in order to afford the payments on our house, but one thing my therapist told me was to expect that at some point I might achieve all that I could with him and that I might need to take a break and find a new therapist to help me.

Talk over this with your therapist and get her input on this.

By: Ronda

Ronda — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:42:26 +0000

You could just cut back to once or twice a month. That’s what I had to do, since my insurance will only cover 30 sessions a year. But actually I like it, it helps me to think about I what I discuss before I get there. Since I’ve only got 50 minutes every other week, I can’t avoid talking about issues as much as I did before.

By: Tim Jarrett

Tim Jarrett — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:38:33 +0000

I think this is an extremely personal decision, and no amount of other people’s stories can help you make it. Except that they can help you realize that you are not alone in making it.

I’ve quit therapy three times. Once because I was on the brink of a breakthrough and wasn’t ready to make the move. Once because the therapist was a terrible grinning idiot at just the time that I was entering deepest depression.

The last time, I think it was because I was ready. As you write, I had worked out my issues. My last few months of therapy were more outwardly directed rather than focused on my own issues. The big difference was that I had put things in motion that I had feared forever, and found that they weren’t so bad.

By: M.T.

M.T. — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:53:47 +0000

I can only speak for myself, but it has often happen that I’ve thought about quiting therapy just before a big breakthrough. A cliche, I know, but…It’s darkest before dawn.