Posted by seldomseen on January 14, 2009, at 7:00:36
In reply to Hurtful diagnoses, posted by yellowbird01 on January 13, 2009, at 19:03:36
I'm not a big diagnosis person myself, neither is my T. Not too long ago, the word bipolar came up in my therapy. After a freakout by me and eventually him, it got dropped. We've adopted "bipolar tendencies" as a working label. I suspect that too will fall by the wayside.
It has been my experience that some people actually find diagnosis to be comforting. That they just aren't floundering out there feeling bad, but fit into a described set of symptoms that can be treated.
I would definately talk to your T about your discomfort with her willingness to attibute a label to your feelings. It almost sounds as though she is using it as a weapon to challenge the way you are thinking. While, there is a significant amount of challenge in therapy, I'm not sure I agree with that therapeutic approach. Simply presenting an alternate point of view is, IMO a better approach.
I also strongly disagree that there is such a thing as being too honest in therapy. I think the only way to get the most benefit from therapy is to achieve a marked level of honesty with your T.
Again, I'm not sure your T is handling it the best way, but that is not any fault of yours. It's something that you two together need to address.
Seldom.
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