superchick22684
07-15-2014, 04:55 AM
I know that nobody on here is a medical expert but I was wondering if there is a way to tell if a person is ready to be discharged from therapy/counseling? I'll give a little background on why I'm asking this.
I don't have health insurance so in April I started going to a place where they charge you on a sliding scale for counseling. At that time my therapist and I worked together on a treatment plan with goals and things to work on while I was there. At that time she established that I would likely only need to be treated for 12 weeks. I have panic disorder and depression. Most of my anxiety and depression are fed by negative and obsessive thoughts.
Last week I expressed to my therapist that coming to appointments was causing me to feel anxious. She then told me that perhaps that meant that either a) therapy was not a good option for me or b) that was an indication that it was no longer necessary for me to see her anymore. The only reason that I feel anxious at all is because even though I've had eight appointments with her sometimes there are things that I don't want to talk about either because its stuff I don't want to think about or the topic is a trigger for me. I'm pretty sure when I told her that the appointments make me "anxious" she misunderstood what I was trying to say.
I really don't want to skip out on therapy. I'm not progressing at break neck speed but slowly and surely I'm noticing changes. I'm concerned that since I mentioned going to therapy appointments makes me anxious that she is going to discharge me before I'm ready. I have not reached the 12 week benchmark that she set on my original treatment plan yet. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I would talk over this misunderstanding with her?
My therapist is currently on vacation for two weeks so I'm trying to figure out how to handle this before my next appointment.
I don't have health insurance so in April I started going to a place where they charge you on a sliding scale for counseling. At that time my therapist and I worked together on a treatment plan with goals and things to work on while I was there. At that time she established that I would likely only need to be treated for 12 weeks. I have panic disorder and depression. Most of my anxiety and depression are fed by negative and obsessive thoughts.
Last week I expressed to my therapist that coming to appointments was causing me to feel anxious. She then told me that perhaps that meant that either a) therapy was not a good option for me or b) that was an indication that it was no longer necessary for me to see her anymore. The only reason that I feel anxious at all is because even though I've had eight appointments with her sometimes there are things that I don't want to talk about either because its stuff I don't want to think about or the topic is a trigger for me. I'm pretty sure when I told her that the appointments make me "anxious" she misunderstood what I was trying to say.
I really don't want to skip out on therapy. I'm not progressing at break neck speed but slowly and surely I'm noticing changes. I'm concerned that since I mentioned going to therapy appointments makes me anxious that she is going to discharge me before I'm ready. I have not reached the 12 week benchmark that she set on my original treatment plan yet. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I would talk over this misunderstanding with her?
My therapist is currently on vacation for two weeks so I'm trying to figure out how to handle this before my next appointment.