Posted by mair on February 24, 2005, at 16:39:35
In reply to How many times a week?, posted by Angela2 on February 24, 2005, at 15:30:22
I go twice a week and have been on this schedule for at least 4 years, if not longer. My T feels it's essential if you're trying to do what she calls transference based therapy. Part of the idea is that if you're going less, you tend to spend all of your time on whatever the issue of the day is, and you never really get back to the historical stuff. This was definitely true of us when I was only seeing her once a week. I think it's also necessary for me because my tendency is to fight off the T-client attachment. It's harder to do that when I'm seeing her as often as I am.
Even at twice a week, I have a hard time holding onto what we talked about from one session to the next. Either my memory is nonexistent, or I just happily suppress. It's difficult to maintain any continuity.
mair
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