Internal battle over therapy

[orek]

(08-24-2014, 10:26 PM)57thomas Wrote: I've only been in therapy a few months, and am having increasing internal conflict over continuing with it. My inner problem child has thrown tantrums and tried to alienate everyone possible, destroyed emails and journal entries without my knowledge, etc. I missed an appointment last week because I switched 2 hrs before the appt, but didn't come back until exactly the time the appt was to start. I'm new to all this and am at a loss how to prevent this from happening. I don't think I can even survive without therapy at this point.

Hi, 57thomas. That sounds horribly confusing. We just started with a new T, and it's scary and hard enough to start the process of building rapport and trust without all that sabotage, etc., going on. I like both nats' idea of asking the insider why s/he is fighting therapy (that could be both helpful and enlightening) and MDs' idea of having someone older sit with the child--or at least ensure the little one doesn't interfere with your choice to go to therapy. I hope your T is understanding and helpful with all this. (If you haven't discussed this with your T, I recommend it.) Take care--orek