How do you know you are done with talk therapy?

tela44

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Joined : Nov 2014

Posts : 257

Posted 2/19/2016 7:02 PM (GMT 0)

I've been going for the past 1.5 years. It's been very helpful with my anxiety.

Just today I realized that I'm not learning as much with my sessions. I feel like I'm just
telling her stuff that is going on in my life. I already know the things I'm telling her. Why pay someone $$ to just tell them things that they probably don't really care about?

So, does this mean I'm ready to move on and be done with therapy?

Scaredy Cat

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Joined : Sep 2006

Posts : 28868

Posted 2/19/2016 7:56 PM (GMT 0)

Tela,

This is such a subjective question, that it makes it hard to answer!

Everyone is going to have differing needs and experience in therapy, so the amount of time spent on recovery will vary.

However, you seem to have a good understanding about how your treatment t is going...and how it differs from when you started...so I would say to trust your instincts. :)

You can try managing things in your own with self help, and see how things go...

...with the contingency that you could return to your sessions again if need be.

However, I am betting you will do very well with all you have learned.:)

Let us know how it goes with whatever decision you make!

S.C.

Snoopy

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Joined : Sep 2015

Posts : 282

Posted 2/19/2016 8:08 PM (GMT 0)

Hello tela44,

You can 'take a break' from therapy and see how you do on your own.

It is very easy for us, the patient, to feel as if therapy isn't working or we are doing fine and don't need any more help (I'm good now, I got this).

Everyone has storms in their lives and those storms can sometimes cause a relapse of anxiety and past issues. It's how you deal with the "relapse" or storm that will give you a good indication if you need to go back into therapy or stay in therapy.

I spent 10 years in therapy. I had a few "I got this, I can do it on my own" moments. I did good...for awhile and then a trigger or storm happened and I would get overwhelmed, my thought processes worsened and I simply could not cope. So...back to therapy. I have currently been out of therapy for two and a half years.

Are you ready to move on and be done with therapy? I don't know. Please speak to your therapist about this.

Best wishes!

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