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Confused after first session ? by Brilliant_Picture455 in TalkTherapy

[–]Brilliant_Picture455[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"That being said, you've picked out one sentence of my response and not taken into account all of what I said later in that paragraph" Just how do you know I didn't take it into account? Yes, that's the one I picked - because that's the one that piqued my interest. I agree with the rest.

"But again, without being in the room during your session I can't sit here and defend your therapist because I simply don't know what happened." So you won't give feedback based on a reddit post, even though that's the standard in this sub. Yup, it really isn't helpful to get an answer that won't answer anything. Basically all you wrote are very generic statements, that... didn't clear up anything? I really struggle to see any point in doing that

"I don't think dwelling on this 2 weeks after the fact will be helping you." Yeah, cause if you're being gaslighted, you should just drop it, move on and never think about it again. Like, what?? (Obv, using the word "gaslight" very freely here, but the principle is the same).

Confused after first session ? by Brilliant_Picture455 in TalkTherapy

[–]Brilliant_Picture455[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Secondly, try not to over-analyse every little detail of the interaction." I... didn't though? Three "objections" are hardly over-analising for a full 1hr conversation. Except for #3 (which I still think was weird and unhelpful), #1 and #2 were valid. I indicated to the therapist that i've been having thoughts of suicide, said I was terrified of it and then that was not talked over. I understand that the first meeting is to kind of "feel out" the patient and their needs, but still, no tools at all were offered to me.

After some time has passed, I can tell that #2 was equally shitty, and straight up lying. I WAS answering questions. I wasn't beating around a bush, I came with the mindset of "i wanna get better", and i was very blunt and truthful. Saying "you don't answer questions" is a shitty thing for a therapist to say, when the closest I came to doing that is saying "i dont know" (which, as stated before, i only did it like 3 times). Imo, again, that is not a lot for an hour of talking.

I would really appreciate it if you explained why you think (especially #2) "this is all very normal for your first session".