tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222958655788368904.post886766327484392829..comments2016-11-25T08:51:11.495+10:00Comments on writing myself sane: I'm not very good at psychotherapyOpheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16809979257521630378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222958655788368904.post-2072591965375901722010-02-19T09:30:46.260+10:002010-02-19T09:30:46.260+10:00Emotions are hard for me, too. I wish the functio...Emotions are hard for me, too. I wish the functioning of my mind were orderly and rational, but the truth is it's all a big mess.Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448066827760753757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222958655788368904.post-7547219729147042312010-02-18T23:00:30.302+10:002010-02-18T23:00:30.302+10:00Thx SI. Its a discomforting business, this therapy...Thx SI. Its a discomforting business, this therapy lark, eh? I get very frustrated when I read about yours, and others experiences within the NHS. It seems ludicrous to assume that there is some magic formula that can predict how long it will take a client to get better. And very stigmatizing, in that if said client doesn't get better, the implication is it is all their fault! I guess, Australia isn't a lot better. We get 18 psychotherapy sessions paid for a year, but you get to choose your therapist and can generally get in very quickly. The therapists are privately run, so there isn't a heck of a lot of beauracratic interference.<br />Nonetheless, even with medicare paid ones, and the 8 (wtf) sessions my private health pays for, I have to pay for the rest. Near 100 sessions worth if I continue 3 x per week. (D) does give me a sliding scale fee. The point I'm trying to make, I guess, is that it is worth struggling for those out of pocket expenses to have a therapist that I chose, who is willing to go beyond the sacred 5o minutes if necessary. I wish you could have the same...Opheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809979257521630378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222958655788368904.post-3321587986903178862010-02-18T21:36:25.665+10:002010-02-18T21:36:25.665+10:00Wow. Apart from the last paragraph (D setting asi...Wow. Apart from the last paragraph (D setting aside extra time for you and phoning you), we are almost coming from exactly the same position. I'm good at analyses, bad at feeling and emotion. I feel something approaching platonic love, but am also aware that it can never be 'real'. Nearly every word of this could have been written by me.<br /><br />The dynamic between therapist and client is such a weird one. I wish we could find some way to turn the attachment off, because it's so difficult for us to deal with as clients. And yet, in the psychodynamic school at least, those levels of transference are necessary for effective work to be done. An unpleasant dichotomy.<br /><br />Well, you <b>do</b> analyse very well - another interesting and well-expressed post :)<br /><br />Take care xSerial Insomniachttp://serialinsomniac.comnoreply@blogger.com