When to go back to Therapy

Its 2019 and if you have not been to therapy, you need to start, we are too old and too millennial to not be doing the inner work we need to do to make a difference in the world. Gemini season on the rise I feel that my cosmic energy is also on the change, there may be some visits or flare ups in mental health needing some attention.

Whether it be from a fight(s) with your significant other, family, or close friend(s). Maybe we are noticing that there is more “tension” than usual in our life and relationships and friendships; maybe work isn’t feeling that great. That is why I am blaming gemini season, and yes, I checked mercury isn’t in retrograde…yet.

You are not the problem, the problem is the problem and you have the power to deal with and approach the problem.

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Using self care techniques and self reflecting techniques you have decided to go back to therapy. So let this be the sign; go text and/or make an appointment; and let your therapist know, new or previous, that you would like to start up again. 

So how do you know when to go back (this is not an extensive or exhaustive list): 

  • When you are not feeling yourself

  • After a visit form depression and/or anxiety  (flare up and old self care techniques are not working)

  • When your triggers are too real (happening and constant for more than a couple weeks)

  • When others have noticed that you are different (significant others, coworkers, family, even pets)

  • Feeling stagnant in your journey (life journey, career, general feeling of stuck-ness)

There are few things to note, that you don’t have to go back to the same therapist it is helpful because they know you. A new therapist is the start of a new relationship and new perspective. I would recommend switching to a new one if you feel that you have outgrown your older one. With the same token starting a new therapeutic relationships may be work that you are not wanting to do all over.  

The benefits of keeping your previous therapist or familiar one rather; is that you don’t have to “start all over.” I do want to note the privilege there is in keeping a therapist you are familiar with and they are usually out-of-pocket payment. Medical insurance therapy/therapists usually switch out because they are booked quickly and may be only short term because of the medical insurance providers policy. 

So yeah therapy isn’t forever but just like any other medical, mental health, or flare up issue; you go to the doctor to get it checked out. Therefore, you go back to therapy and get that worked out and feel human again, not perfect but human.