Posted by sunny10 on November 19, 2004, at 8:40:48
In reply to Re: Group is making me withdraw » cubic_me, posted by Dinah on November 18, 2004, at 17:13:32
I have group experience. The most important ingredients are the participants. Sometimes its a great mix- sometimes not.
I think what your therapist wants you to see is that there are a lot of us out here. I wonder, does she know you are very active here? If not, maybe you could suggest that we are your "group", and that you'd prefer a litle one on one time. If T does know, it's possible that T thinks you could benefit by something more face to face as you've been doing so well with all of us here. Face to face IS hardest. It does, however, make you stronger. I think most T's understand that we are paying them to be ourselves without judgment. I think they want us to know that not everyone judges. That we can spend time in group and decide who can be trusted, and who not. That's an important step on its own; making that decision. And you may find that you do connect with someone there and decide to chat outside of group.
Okay, enough of my opinion on the matter...
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