Posted by Dinah on November 18, 2004, at 17:13:32
In reply to Group is making me withdraw, posted by cubic_me on November 18, 2004, at 12:01:10
Maybe some people with group experience can tell you if that feeling goes away. But I do think I understand. When it's just you and your therapist you've got a chance at working until they *get* what you're saying. It's a very intimate process. A group just can't provide the same thing. It can provide other things, but not that. Or that would be my guess based on what nontherapy group interactions I've been a part of.
I would think group would be very good at working on core relationship skills and getting honest feedback (yipes! does anyone want honest feedback?!) on how you appear to others. But I just wouldn't think it would be ideal for talking about *your* internal stuff.
As odd as it sounds, do you have a neutral someone to talk about this with? (My neutral someone is my therapist, so that's sort of a conundrum in this case isn't it?)
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