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Posted 7/6/2015 1:21 PM (GMT 0)
This is what it seems like to me. At first I felt it was very professional, (it still is truly) but
now I just feel like I'm unloading my thoughts onto a friend or relative who gives me great advice.

I realize that I don't have anyone in my life that I can do that with on a regular basis. Besides, what friend
would want to hear all the issues I have with anxiety. That would run away. Maybe that is why I don't have many friends.

Would I need therapy if I felt understood and truly deeply loved in real life?

Please note that my therapist is highly skilled (Ph D) and all is very professional. These are just my thoughts.
Posted 7/6/2015 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
I had a good friend send me to her therapist. My friend told me I'd be meeting my next best friend...and she was right.

Before that, I'd cry on many people shoulders and get conflicting advice. I was also wearing my friends out because they knew I was in pain but couldn't help.

Good ol Doc Don helped me to help myself.
Posted 7/6/2015 1:50 PM (GMT 0)
We all could only wish to have a good therapist, I know I do too and it makes the world of difference. After being with the same therapist for 9 months I got a new one and I can't even begin to tell you the difference. I love my new therapist!!

I'm glad your therapy is going so well, keep it up!
Posted 7/6/2015 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
Tela,

For me, the answer would be yes...I feel I still benefitted from therapy, even with love and support of friends and family.

It was the tools and the anxiety management techniques that really made a difference for me...

...so hopefully along with being able to open up and talk, you are also learning skills from your therapy that will last for the long term management you are hoping for.:)

Another benefit to talking with a professional, is that they are trained to read between the lines, and detect subtle inferences that a regular person would not pick up on.

They can then point these issues out, and help motivate, and move you in the right direction.:)

S.C.
Posted 7/7/2015 11:15 AM (GMT 0)
Hi

I think it is a good sign that you class your therapist as a friend to me they are doing their job properly you should not feel uncomfortable with your therapist.

I am having Schema Therapy at the moment and get on really well with the therapist and have felt able to disclose things which I have not wanted to talk about with past therapists and I am reaping the benefits of that.

It can be hard for friends and family to fully understand what you are going through unless they have been there themselves. I have a couple of friends who have been very supportive and I am lucky that my family is very supportive to but some friends just don't get it however much I try and explain things to them.

Hibee
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