My Actifit Report Card: July 18 2024

My Actifit Report Card: July 1 2024

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What do you do when your upset turns to anger towards your therapist? I feel I don’t want to see him again as ill get upset again. I want to give up.

Are there issues in your life, seemingly, unbearable/unsustainable? Are you actively working on these particular issues, in therapy, or holding back?

Should a psychodynamic therapist hold back, reveal very little, refrain from offering reassurance and provide little validation? Must a client endure the painful reenactment, in order to heal the oldest wounds?

Does your family and friends know about severity of your mental health problems? How to explain to them your struggels if all the time you were trying to hide the depth of your problems to everyone even to therapist?

If we end our psychodynamic psychotherapy prematurely, is our therapist permitted to show sadness? The client/patient might wish for some display. Should a therapist’s personal feelings remain hidden, even then?

If I have transference & my therapist has counter transference, then does that often mean termination of therapy & my T will refer me to someone else?

What do therapists do when they don't want a client anymore?

If we cannot fully internalize the psychotherapeutic relationship, even though we love our therapist, should we step away? Or, is this reason enough for remaining in therapy indefinitely?

Can we be fixated on changing our therapist, all while enjoying normal and healthy relationships outside of therapy? Is this near obsession likely the maternal transference, or something else?

Why do people abuse and abandon narcissists instead of have compassion and love them completely?

What are your thoughts if your psychodynamic therapist says “we could be great friends”? I assume he means if circumstances were different. I realize it will never actually happen. He has always been appropriate so I’m not concerned about that.

In therapy, how should we begin the mourning process for the death of a parent? The relationship was a most difficult one. We dread unearthing a slew of complex emotions.

For long-term therapy clients/patients, those working solely with one therapist, would you consider ending this alliance? In what circumstances might you begin a new therapeutic relationship?

My therapist asked me to imagine my emotionally neglectful father being everything I needed him to be in order for me to heal. I can’t do this. Is this necessary for me to heal or can I try something else? I feel like don’t need a fairytale!

Is it possible that a therapist (unconsciously) reacts bad to the fact that he knows that a client is going to be a therapist too (this client = me and I never talk like a "no-it-all" - I obviously don't..)?

For any client who writes in the various therapy spaces on Quora, do you ever feel like the time might be better spent working on your own therapy? I won't be coy, I sometimes do.

Is there any kind of therapy that incorporates counselling with touch? I’m desperately touch-starved and need more than my psychologist can offer. I need some kind of therapy where I can be hugged or at least have my hand held.