Posted by baseball55 on January 23, 2013, at 19:26:58
In reply to Re: I fired my therapist yesterday » ChicagoKat, posted by Meatwood_Flack on January 23, 2013, at 17:39:23
Meatwood - Thanks for a very interesting post. I saw a p-doc for therapy for six years (I still check in once a month) and now see a DBT therapist for going on two years. They are really good but both have said they like working with me because I work hard.
I understand this from teaching college. The students who are engaged and interested and work hard keep me engaged and interested and working hard. The ones who skip class and don't put in the effort are a pain to deal with. If I was dealing with too many students like that, I would burn out.
I think therapy is the same way. If you have patients who are engaged and want to change and willing to try, it's very exciting. Of course I know, when I got severely depressed for nearly three years, that I was not easy to work with. My p-doc sat through it, but it couldn't have been easy on him. And at least he can busy himself by playing with meds. What must it be like for a non-MD therapist to deal with intractable depression. I can't even imagine.
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