I've been getting bad at this again. Here is my attempt at fixing that.

[voodoodollie167]

I skipped therapy last week after changing the time and saying I would be there. I don't know. I'm stressed about therapy because of money. Wondering if I should stop going. It's not a lot of money, but it still really stresses me out

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[blondeamazon]

I stopped going because I couldn't afford to spend $40 a week because of not being covered by my insurance. I also didn't really feel like it was going to go anywhere. I felt like she was a little focused on the concept that we needed couple therapy and I had sort of a bad taste in my mouth on how the last session ended. I have a pretty dim view of therapy to begin with, and maybe I didn't give her enough of a chance to get to the gist of my issues, but I have to wonder how long that takes? How much money do I have to blow to sit and talk to a stranger who needed to have alternative relationship dynamics explained to her multiple times. I waffle back and forth drastically about whether or not I think there is any merit to it for me.

[voodoodollie167]

Therapy takes yeeeears to be really effective. I feel like we're given the false sense that we can go in, have 5 sessions, and be all better. That's just not how it works. It also took deb and I about 4 months to really find a good rhythm. I'm coming up on about 10 months of seeing her and we're just starting to really dig into my issues. It's also possible that she just wasn't a good fit for you, and maybe also that you weren't sure of what to ask for. If she was focused on you needing couples therapy that leads me to think that you went to her saying that you want to fix your relationship rather than work on your own issues. I could absolutely be wrong of course, but that's what makes sense from my limited view.