My therapy journey has come to a pause for now. There’s nothing more I could get out of therapy at this point in time. My therapist was right: therapy is a crutch for me. Do I NEED it or do I WANT it?  The answer is: I want it. So I said ‘goodbye for now’ to my therapist. She said I can always reach out if I feel I need it. I.e., if my Relapse Prevention Plan isn’t working, or if something happens where I’m in distress continuously.

So, what’s my strength?
I’ve done the work in my recovery. My therapist only guided me to make my own decisions. I have built trust in myself to heal and grow. I have built confidence in myself as far as listening to my intuition and allowing that to guide my actions (or, not listening to my intuition and experiencing the consequences of that). I have done interpersonal relationship work for years. I know what to do there. And coping skills?! I have those down pat!!

See, Kelly? You can do this adulting thing. You can do recovery. It’s absolutely okay that you don’t need therapy right now. It means you’re healing. And, you know, you can always call your therapist for an appointment if you need it in the future.

Therapy is a personal journey and it’s a very personal choice whether one decides to continue in therapy or not. Only the client can say when that might be. For those in therapy now, I would just say, try to fully engage in the process. See what comes of it. It’s honestly a beautiful, caring, messy, difficult, loving, emotional ride!

Sending love and light, Kel.