10 Things To Be Honest With Your Therapist About

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When you slip up

In therapy, you and your therapist may create some new guidelines for your behavior. Some examples may be, “I won’t talk to my ex anymore,” “I will not online shop when I’m upset,” “I won’t semi-stalk the new girlfriend of my ex anymore,” “I won’t make up lies about myself on first dates,” and things like that. You can likely imagine some examples for your specific situation. You may also slip up, and break some of these rules. Tell your therapist when this happens. Give her the real report on how you did following the rules. While it feels shameful to admit you slipped up, remember your therapist can only do a good job if she knows the truth about what you’ve been up to. There is even valuable information for her to explore from the fact that you slipped up. What triggered that? What happened right before? How did you feel after? What was different this time? What was the same? These are things she can explore with you, to help minimize the chances you slip up again.

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