Little_Girl_Blue
Member
Hello,
I am seriously considering terminating my sessions with the therapist I am seeing - a Jungian psychologist. That was the only therapist I found in my area. I don't have a lot of choice, so I gave it a shot. Now I'm wondering whether I'm better off with no therapy because it feels ineffective.
I have to admit I learned some new things about myself, but I honestly think I'm in a worse situation now than five months ago when I started. The psychologist does not like to set goals nor make a lot of comments on what I say. I have said that this makes me feel a bit lost, but he hasn't changed. I don't like how analysis feels...it makes me feel alone. But when I complain about these things, I don't get much of a reaction. He makes no indication that things are going to change, but he does make it subtly clear that I am going there because I want to, not because he's making me go.
Truly, I go because I don't know where else to go. During the time I have been in therapy I have left my internship and failed to get another job or to study - I can't even enroll in a simple dance class. I'm paralyzed, I feel ashamed of myself for being afraid of life, and I avoid people I know. I had an eating disorder relapse, but I have since gained back the weight and then some because my mother had a cancer scare and that really shook me up. But I don't feel like I have any tools to work with. He only asks me if I have done things I said I'd do...and the answer is almost always no.
It seems to me that he can't help me. I feel like I'm wasting time trying to find the answers myself - seems to me I could do that at home instead of with him. Would be a lot cheaper.
The only concrete thing he has suggested is this technique called Emotional Freedom Technique. I have read about it and I'm extremely skeptical. And it makes me think...if he's suggesting something like this, doesn't that mean he thinks he can't help me??
Sorry for the length and thank you for your time.
I am seriously considering terminating my sessions with the therapist I am seeing - a Jungian psychologist. That was the only therapist I found in my area. I don't have a lot of choice, so I gave it a shot. Now I'm wondering whether I'm better off with no therapy because it feels ineffective.
I have to admit I learned some new things about myself, but I honestly think I'm in a worse situation now than five months ago when I started. The psychologist does not like to set goals nor make a lot of comments on what I say. I have said that this makes me feel a bit lost, but he hasn't changed. I don't like how analysis feels...it makes me feel alone. But when I complain about these things, I don't get much of a reaction. He makes no indication that things are going to change, but he does make it subtly clear that I am going there because I want to, not because he's making me go.
Truly, I go because I don't know where else to go. During the time I have been in therapy I have left my internship and failed to get another job or to study - I can't even enroll in a simple dance class. I'm paralyzed, I feel ashamed of myself for being afraid of life, and I avoid people I know. I had an eating disorder relapse, but I have since gained back the weight and then some because my mother had a cancer scare and that really shook me up. But I don't feel like I have any tools to work with. He only asks me if I have done things I said I'd do...and the answer is almost always no.
It seems to me that he can't help me. I feel like I'm wasting time trying to find the answers myself - seems to me I could do that at home instead of with him. Would be a lot cheaper.
The only concrete thing he has suggested is this technique called Emotional Freedom Technique. I have read about it and I'm extremely skeptical. And it makes me think...if he's suggesting something like this, doesn't that mean he thinks he can't help me??
Sorry for the length and thank you for your time.