[mjs]

Have been seeing a psychotherapist for 2.5 months once a weeek. My primary problems are addiction(alcohol and weed) and depression. My therapist practices depth psychotherapy. I was interested in this because I tried cognitive therapy and I feel the way I feel not the way I think. So i had hoped that a more psychodynamic form of therapy was worth a try.I have been clean and sober the length of the therapy.She believes that the abuse I suffered when I was a child(physical,emotional,1 incest incident) has a lot o do with my addiction/depression. So far,so good. The problem is I am not getting much relief from my cravings or depression and am in a constant battle not to relapse.I know that 8 weeks is very little clean time for someone who used on and off for 20 years. I just dont see how the therapy is helping. Is there something more going on that I can't or am not supposed to see? Is there some type of unconscious process happening and if so what is it? I have told her a lot of my story and believe me it is not a story I'm proud of telling.I want some relief but she seems incapable of providing it. She is very caring and I really like her...She never makes me feel embarrased or ashamed. The final straw came at our last session when she asked me what i wanted and I told her I wanted adventure and she responded "like The Peter Pan Syndrome"...this book was out 20 years ago and has been largely discredited. I was really disappointed that was the only answer she could come up with. I hate to quit but I get the feeling she is more trained to treat people with less severe problems even though she is an advanced practice RN board certified...How can me just talking about my problems and her being nice work? Please help if you can shed light on this...thnks mjs