YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Not really. I've had sessions where I've cried, and I've had sessions where I felt better afterwards than I did before, but I've never had a session feel like hard work. My counsellor says I should be proud of myself for working hard, but I guess it just doesn't feel like effort to me?

Paul (and Paul's guests) often talk, in vague terms, about the 'work' they do in therapy that has lead to improvements in their lives. I've been in counselling for a year, but I my counsellor doesn't give me work to do and I don't feel I've made much improvement. What, exactly, is this 'work' that I...