Ask a Therapist QA

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[ShamotaTalaRinpoche]

Hi, I hope you are well. I have been seeing a therapist now weekly for almost a year. I am a survivor of childhood trauma and this set up me up for being involved with some controlling relationships and getting into a cult as a young adult. Now I'm 10 years older and I still have feelings of worthlessness, dependence, low self-esteem, not being worthy of or able to make decisions, etc. My therapist obviously can't tell me what to do and his training is very person-centered, but because I still have these issues we seem to be constantly getting stuck, going round in circles and making little progress. Am I being too 'resistant' or difficult? Where do I go from here and how can I unlock the therapy process? I don't know or understand what I need to do.

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can you please talk about how to know exactly "what to bring up in therapy" is hard to bring up the symptoms you are struggling with cause it makes me feel ashamed, needy, and overly dramatic.
theres its a part of me that wants to recover and get better but on the other hand I think that my struggles are not bad enough and that I am fine.