Therapy Goal Setting
CBT for DepressionI'd be interested in hearing your goals for what you would like to get out of therapy. One way of thinking about it would be, let's say this problem vanished between now and the next time we meet. I'm not saying it's going to. But let's just say for the sake of discussion that the problem completely went away and everything was better. How would you know? Like, what would be some indications that things had gotten better for you?
You know, I, I think the thing I, I would like the most if it were to just go away entirely, I, I used to be kind of a curious person. I would read something or find something out or see something in a movie, and I would be curious enough about it to go learn. Mhmm. I just don't get that anymore. Okay. I'll think about it. Mhmm. I'll kind of recall that maybe at one point I would have searched out more.
Mhmm. But I think just from so long of being like this that I know it doesn't make a difference anymore. So if I woke up one day and just felt inspired, curious to go do something, to go find something, that'd be really great. Okay. So being inspired to go and learn things is one thing that would be a good outcome for us. What else? What else would you like to accomplish? It's been a while since I've really thought about that.
Well, here's another way of thinking about it. Let's say I came and shadowed you for a day now, and then I came and shadowed you for a day after... after we had had a, a really wonderful therapy and everything was better, what would I see that would be different from time one to time two? It'd be really nice if I actually, like, left the house. If I went and saw people. Mhmm. Always kinda wished I was one of those people that had friends and Mhmm. Somebody asked, oh, hey. What are you up to tonight? I said, oh, I'm gonna go have dinner with so and so.
Mhmm. That would be really nice. So that you'd be getting out of the house more and socializing. Yeah. That would be something that I would notice.