Hey there...
I am wondering what other individuals' experiences and opinions are on psychotherapy??
I have been in therapy since a very young age due to childhood issues. I have seen a number of different therapists over the years because I moved around a lot. As I have grown older, I have been starting to question whether or not I want to keep going to someone who my insurance is paying to 'help me' but I end up feeling frustrated at times. I recently left a message for my now ex-therapist that I am switching therapists and treatment centers for psychotherapy because she has been absent so often with almost never anyone to cover her absences, which I find unacceptable.
For awhile, going to a therapist to vent my brains out until I was in tears at times was helpful for me because it was a catharsis of some sort. I feel that I have become somewhat 'dependent upon therapists' so when my ex-therapist had a leave of absence for a few weeks, I was very upset. I feel that perhaps that absence forced me to mature and use other coping skills, and while I am grateful for that, I am somewhat skeptical and leery about going into another therapist-client relationship in a few weeks. This therapist is at another facility of a different organization and I have never met her but spoken to her briefly on the phone. I am going to go to therapy every other week for now because 1) I don't want to become dependent on someone, especially with my negative experiences recently with other therapists and 2) I don't have the time to go every week, hopefully this will force me to grow more and engage in more meaningful activities aside from therapy.
I am wondering how others have coped with therapists who haven't met their expectations or if others are contemplating change with therapy or have found a balance with it. Maybe my expectations are too high, well that would be sad if that was the case, but perhaps it is. I don't know, I am hoping for the best.
Thanks.
Amy