Hey everyone!
So I wanted to share with you all that my SO and I went to our first couples therapy session yesterday. It was a mixture of both good and bad. The counselor was named Bill. Bill asked us what we wanted out of our sessions with him and we said to be able to communicate better about our wants and needs in all aspects of life but to also talk about the CDing and try to find out what this is and how we can make it work. I think the counselor was either unknowledgeable or uncomfortable about CDing because every time my BF or I mentioned it he would nod and then move on to something else. Like EVERY SINGLE TIME.
While we got some good information from him about how our communication styles are different because how we are raised and how that is what makes us have a hard time talking. I can't help but think he is not the right counselor for us. I don't know how to get him to talk about what WE came there to talk about. He also likes telling us stories that lead to analogies that barely make sense to what we were talking about. By the time he is done with his story he has eaten up 10 minutes of our time. It just FEELS selfish to type that. But at 145 dollars an hour, I feel jipped!
Have any of you guys ever done couples counseling? Obviously CDing isn't the only issue in the relationship, but its what brought us to him in the first place. How do you tell a counselor that you feel he is ignoring parts of the issues?
Oh about our communication issues, you guys will love this. we came to the conclusion that because my parents were alcoholics when I was a child and I was never able to communicate with them, I over communicate. I want to know EVERYTHING. All the time. When people don't share with me I feel unloved. Unwanted and frustrated. But on the other hand my BF doesnt like to share because he grew up with a father who thought emotions were a "womens thing" and being emotional and vulnerable was a weakness. So we are an oversharer and a neversharer trying to find balance. DAMN.