Posted by Crooked Heart on March 19, 2004, at 4:16:23
In reply to Re: Therapists and compassion/interaction-Peg, Pfi, posted by spoc on March 18, 2004, at 22:09:15
Hi Spoc
I'm in the middle of reading a book called "Falling into therapy" by Anna Sands. The author's experience sounds very similar to yours. Her first experience of therapy with a rigidly psychoanalytic therapist left her disoriented, undermined, her confidence shattered; a teacher and author of educational textbooks, she was for a while unable to function. (Her mental health previously had been OK, she went into therapy to help her 'become a better wife and mother'.)
She later went to a therapist with a very different approach and had a much happier and very productive experience.
This book was published in the UK. I'm not sure whether it would be available in the US without a whopping postal charge. In fact, it might be too depressing to read anyway :( If you're interested I'll try to do a summary when I've finished reading it. (Could be a while, I should *not* even be posting here now, there are deadlines I need to meet.) I suppose what I'm thinking is that it's such a relief when you find that you're not the only one, that other people have had similar experiences.
That you still have to PAY for this in money as well makes it that much worse. What would happen if you refused to?
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