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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a therapist.

Some people have problems that do not benefit, longterm, by talking about them. It sounds like, for you, identifying your rumination as rumination rather than "helpful problem-solving thoughts" was the first part of the change, and then actually challenging the ruminations by laughing at them or whatever else you have done, was the second part of the change.

I have several clients who are in the same part of the change process as you, and I agree, a lot of the time, continuing to discuss isn't always helpful. I had 3 clients this week drop down from weekly to every other week because what they need is to live their lives with new perspectives and skills and see if it changes how they feel about themselves and their lives.

One thing I have noticed is that for people that don't experience longterm change, it can be helpful to go back to the same therapist you worked with before, assuming that you still like them, because you can kind of stay in the same change process. You're evaluating what you tried, what worked, what didn't, what else to try, etc.

I'm glad you got the things you got and am glad that you were able to see when taking a step back was the right therapeutic move.[/quote]

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