This is not a post about you know who but a discussion about having therapy. Seven years to solve a problem seems a very very long time to me. Does not talking about a problem for so long keep reinforcing the problem in your mind. A bit like picking a scab endlessly and not letting it heal over. The prison service used to give 6 sessions with a therapist for staff to over come work stress/problems. I wonder if that was enough now to help people. Does therapy need to be lifelong, the Americans seem to have continual therapy. Has anyone had experience of therapy and if so, for how long and did it help. No need for personal details. My husband died 14 months ago after fighting stage 4 colon cancer for 7 years; during his illness I called the Macmillan councillors a few times and I found it immensely helpful, but I haven’t spoken to anyone since his death. If therapy was free would you use it and how long would you use it for? Or is it American ‘let it all out’ versus British ‘stiff upper lip’?
