Posted by Medusa on April 26, 2004, at 15:55:28
In reply to Therapy homework, posted by Aphrodite on April 26, 2004, at 12:52:25
This is a touchy topic with me, because in the approach my therapy team uses, they're SUPPOSED to give strategic homework. Some of the assignments are impossible - and meant to help one accept the futility of old thought patterns. When they do this, it works well.
Unfortunately, they slack sometimes, and make up the homework on the fly. They also don't necessarily go over my homework very carefully. (I have to e-mail it in.) This last time, I'd submitted VERY important information, and the face-to-face therapist minimized its importance. She tried to focus on another part of the homework, which, frankly, I'm not about to discuss with her because I don't respect her at that level. Sometimes I have to ask for the assignments, and frankly, I feel like they're not on top of this.
> My T occasionally obliges, but it seems like an afterthought, and he never asks about it during the next session. Should I keep pushing? Do you think it helps move you along more quickly?
>Omigosh, the right homework accomplishes as much as the session itself. If you'd like, I can try to poke around and find a book (more likely a chapter) on the utility of homework in therapy. Heck, I think I have an appendix of homework suggestions somewhere. (I'm sure my therapy team would love it if they knew I've read textbooks from their approach that aren't on their suggested-reading-for-clients list.)
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