Dear BJ

it sounds as though you are keeping your therapist's promise for her and she is not really party to the reality of how you leave therapy. Might you talk to her about this breaking down afterwards... or simply let yourself break down before, so she can see what is going on in the context of therapy?

If she becomes aware her "promise" is not really working, she will perhaps be able to work with you to improve things, so you don't end up breaking down in your car.

I think it may still happen SOMETIMES. I occasionally leave therapy feeling worse than when i went in. Or start to feel worse about the session during the week that follows. For instance, things may only sink in "afterwards" so i will have a latent reaction, or occasionally i will feel the session was very incomplete, yet other times, i might feel "not heard." But MOST of the time that is not the case.

I hope you can find it in your heart to talk to your therapist about this. Feeling bad consistently after a session does not sound good to me. I think it is worth trying to resolve it with her.



~ waves ~