Why come to therapy every week or several times a week?

Why come to therapy every week or several times a week at the same time?
While it may seem to be arbitrary or at worst simply for the convenience of the therapist ,I have found that the regularity of therapy has it’s own curative effect. Meeting at the same time and place each week all serve to make it a dependable part of your routine. Dependability is usually experienced as safety to your psyche and safety is essential if you are going to delve into the realm of the unconscious. At times you may be eager to come to your regularly scheduled appointment and have lots you want to talk about. That anticipation sends the message to your psyche that yes you can depend. Other times you may resist going to your regularly scheduled and find – when you get there, that you have more painful material that you need to process that you may have avoided of you didn’t have the regularity built in. Many times a client will remark after a particularly intense session- “and I didn’t think I had anything to say!” After a time most clients begin to trust the wisdom of the routine.

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