re: Therapy: Make things better or worse?

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Wife recently started seeing a female therapist once a week to talk about things in her life that are challenging for her.

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she clearly has more things that she needs to deal with than you are aware of if she's going once a week.

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but after several weeks of therapy it seems new issues (unrelated to the original reason for going) have been put in her mind.

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again, family of origin issues and ACE's have a greater impact on how one responds to the greater world around them than you may realize.

If she is genuinely trying to heal from her past wounds/trauma/etc, you should allow her time to do that. Support her emotionally and don't make it all about you.

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Very frustrating.

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yes, it is.

I hope your wife heals to the best of her ability and I hope you will be a safe place for her emotionally as she does so.