Not going well?

[Roman Legion]

I am going through online counseling to try and indentify exactly what I have and have done only two sessions now, but feel it is not effective. It's hard to explain, but I feel my counselor does not understand and so on.. Anyone else been through online counseling know what I mean or if my feelings here are nothing more than fear turning into full on paranoia?

 

[MikeyC]

You can't expect any results after 2 sessions. A friend of mine with Asperger's said he went to therapy for seven months before he found any improvement. It's a long, slow, painful process. Online therapy would be even longer because you don't have the advantage of being in the same room and looking at them. You'll need more than 2 before noticing improvements.

 

[Roman Legion]

I'm not looking so much for 'improving' I am just looking for the answer.. What exactly do I have? just feel that this counseling is going nowhere fast, I don't trust the counselor and feel that she has no earthly idea what I'm talking about or going through.

 

[MikeyC]

It's up to you if you trust her. If you don't, find a new one. No use wasting your time on someone who you don't trust.

 

[Roman Legion]

It's up to you if you trust her. If you don't, find a new one. No use wasting your time on someone who you don't trust.

I don't really trust anyone, so switching to another person is not likely to work out better. Like I said a while ago, I have this thing where I feel everyone around me is hostile.. Maybe it's just me, but the fact that I'm not sure if she understands me is a big issue. I only get a set (small number) of counselings per year from this online service so switiching would cost me as I'd have to start over with someone new.

 

[MikeyC]

Well, it's up to you what you want to do. From the outside looking in, I would say stick with this one for a little longer and hopefully she'll begin to understand.

 

[cekicgu]

I am going through online counseling to try and indentify exactly what I have and have done only two sessions now, but feel it is not effective. It's hard to explain, but I feel my counselor does not understand and so on.. Anyone else been through online counseling know what I mean or if my feelings here are nothing more than fear turning into full on paranoia?

hi.I don't know what you are suffering from but I don't suggest not counselling online.ıt doesn't give u the intimate communication and if u think that she or he doesn't understand u,talk about that.talking about the relationship with the counsellor sometimes helps to improve the relation.

 

[Roman Legion]

hi.I don't know what you are suffering from but I don't suggest not counselling online.ıt doesn't give u the intimate communication and if u think that she or he doesn't understand u,talk about that.talking about the relationship with the counsellor sometimes helps to improve the relation.

I can't afford to go to one in person, this is a free service and I am very poor and without a real job. I'm not sure if I feel I am able to tell her that, it's not a bad idea, but I think that would cause much uneeded anxiety. Even if I saw one in person, I'd basically would have to communicate through nods, shakes and writing things down.. As I do to register for classes. I don't know exactly what I have, I can only make deductions based on how I feel and the things I do.. Which is the only real reason I contacted the counselor; I don't seek to change or 'improve' I just want answers and then to find a way to better live around this.