tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post2448958689305511277..comments2024-03-14T03:16:23.482-05:00Comments on Everyone Needs Therapy: First Contact/ First Visittherapydochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-11604978878177228102012-06-22T06:03:10.264-05:002012-06-22T06:03:10.264-05:00This is a great comment. Are you kidding me VR, th...This is a great comment. Are you kidding me VR, that it wouldn't be helpful? In my experience, your experience is very common. I ask people about their experiences with therapists, these kinds of processes, yin yangs of the therapeutic relationship. I helps me help them. Thanks so much for taking the time.therapydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088184676439578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072566.post-38716880434690767382012-06-22T01:35:43.109-05:002012-06-22T01:35:43.109-05:00This is a really good post. I've been through ...This is a really good post. I've been through probably a dozen therapists if you include the ones in rehab, and that first visit is really important in setting up the relationship. And the less in touch with myself I was, the harder it was for me to gauge whether a therapist was a good fit. Early on, I was so reliant on the therapist's expertise that I would ignore my gut feeling that things weren't working for me. But I would quickly find myself making excuses to not go to therapy. Then again, when therapy got difficult, I'd run away too. The difference was that even after I bolted, if the therapist was good, I would make my way back before too long.<br /><br />I'm sure my comment is completely unhelpful. Maybe a summary of my experience with therapy was not only interviewing the therapists but also learning to trust myself while doing so.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354890444410748967noreply@blogger.com