Doesn’t it also happen in the opposite direction? The depressed person suddenly saying “I don’t want to talk about it anymore” exactly at the moment you feel there might be a solution for them? Maybe the commitment for N sessions should be for both sides.
Doesn’t it also happen in the opposite direction? The depressed person suddenly saying “I don’t want to talk about it anymore” exactly at the moment you feel there might be a solution for them? Maybe the commitment for N sessions should be for both sides.
I don’t think that it’s helpful when a depressed person feels like they are forced by a commitment to have the conversation.