Therapy is making me sick

Doesn't sound like you need a Therapist to me, and if it doesn't help then why keep going, unless it's court ordered or some like that

I guess the bottom line here is whether going to therapy is making you better? If the answer is YES, then all you need is to appreciate all the work being done through the sessions. I believe the assignments are given to you for good reason. An understanding of what it contributes to your well being may be of help to eradicate your negative outlook about going to therapy. Be well.

I don't know what type of therapy you are getting and why you are getting it. But I have found that anytime I have had to have any therapy it's been hard and I have often had to remind myself that the reason I need that treatment is because of something wrong, many times I have just made the wrong choices and whether this caused injury that is physical or mental it was my doing that got me into the condition where I needed therapy. I have had both, physical and mental in my life none of it was fun, most was painful and just plain hard work. Blessings

Did you talk to your therapist about the tasks, homework etc? Did you tell him or her that it is too stressful for you? I ask because I have a friend who experienced the same thing as you and at first she didn't want to say anything to her therapist about it, but then she finally decided to talk to her therapist and her therapist realized that he had to reduce the homework and the assignments and the therapy sessions became less stressful for my friend. Maybe your terapist would also be willing to adjust the homeworks and the other things if you talk to him or her about it.

Oh? So your therapist is actually causing you so much stress. I suggest you take a rest from therapy and buy self-help books instead.

I think the aim of going to the sessions is to try to explain your situation to the therapist and design together something you can work on to help improve your condition. However, it seems you are not getting better after attending the sessions. Therefore, I suggest you should tell what you feel about the work he assigned you so as to make the therapy more effective.

Sounds like your therapist is not in-tuned with your needs and seems to exacerbate your problems rather than assist you in your mental well-being. You are the client you should be able to be vocal and tell your therapist what your needs are. I have been in therapy since 2002, I know how difficult it is to find a therapist that you can work with. I find I can't work with men therapists, I have a problem with them, I am currently in long-term therapy and have been seeing my current therapist since 2009, she encourages me to be vocal about what therapy techniques I would like to try out, I have tried different approaches in my sessions to find out which works best for me. Therapy does work, you just have to find a therapist that you are comfortable with and can work with you.

I got therapy years ago after having been in a very abusive marriage. I got homework but the homework helped. It was mainly books to read and journal writing and things that actually helped me to sort out things and put them into perspective. I would first try what others here have suggested and talk it over with your therapist. It sounds like you have a very busy life and maybe he doesn;t realize that you are being given too much homework. If that doesn;t help, maybe you two just aren;t a good match. feeling comfortable about your therapist is so important that I think you should maybe request another one. Just call the appointment desk and explain and usually they will give you someone else that might be better for you.

I have been to therapists all through out my life. I actually like homework, tasks and assignments. How else is the therapy going to help? Why so stressful? And why do you not like the therapist now? I think they have a hard job to get us to the marrown of the bone. Get way down into the emotional and hurtful parts of what is troubling us.

Well, I have never been in therapy, and, of course, I do not know the reason you are going to it, but, if you have this attitude thouards it, Do you think it is really working?. I think that if it has become stressful to you, it may be doing more wrong than good. Or, perhaps, you have to talk with your therapist, about your feelings.

Since you haven't mentioned what kind of therapy it is, I am guessing it is some sort of psychological therapy and anger management related. This kind of therapists usually give a lot of homework and tasks to do, it's part of the therapy. But it is very essential that you tell your therapist that what you both do is not working well so that the therapist might consider another course of treatment. He/she can't know you don't feel comfortable with this therapy so tell him/her. They won't get offended. Telling your therapist how you feel can only help you.

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well i do not know whether the therapy is working for u or not but i think if it is not then u should definitely talk to your therapist and ask him to get u another effective therapy otherwise it would be a wastage of money time and energy. Besides u can ask him to put less pressure on u otherwise it would be difficult to avail the benefits of this therapy. What say?

What type of therapist? Psychological? Rehab?