Hmmm...not much interest here. That's ok...I found some previous threads that had some good songs in them...thanks all.
Here is my short list...in no particular order. I tried to do that...but would not consider this a good or coherent mix. I have created my own genre here...I call it ANGST! So...that pretty much describes the tone of my list. Sometimes when I'm just not up...it feels better for me to just work through my down. This is how I do it.

Variations On A Happy Ending ~ Barbara Higbie
Carefully Taught/Children Will Listen ~ Barbra Streisand
Soulful Days ~ Cris Williamson
Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel) ~ Billy Joel
Absence of Fear ~ Jewel
I Need You To Turn To ~ Elton John
Silent All These Years ~ Tori Amos
Scream ~ ZoeGirl
Frozen ~ Madonna
Where's the Ocean ~ Toni Childs
Quiet My Heart ~ Brooke Barrettsmith
Scarlet ~ Brooke Fraser
Damaged ~ Plumb
Cold ~ Corrina Fugate
Forgiven ~ Within Temptation
9 Crimes ~ Damien Rice
Cut ~ Plumb
Breathe Me ~ Sia
The Last Song I'm Wasting On You ~ Evanescence
Song For The Broken ~ Barlowgirl
Beauty From Pain ~ Superchick
And So It Goes ~ Billy Joel
Ironic ~ Alanis Morisette (acoustic version)
Winter ~ Tori Amos
I Find My Strength In You ~ Mike Rayburn
Silence ~ Delerium
And Dream of Sheep ~ Kate Bush
Do What You Have To Do ~ Sarah McLachlan
Breathe ~ Anna Nalick
Fire ~ Daniel Lanois
Mirror ~ Barlowgirl
Hands ~ Jewel
Breath of Heaven ~ Amy Grant
Inside Out ~ Liz Story
Farewell ~ Brooke Barrettsmith
Boys Don't Cry ~ Plumb
This Woman's Work ~ Kate Bush
Answer ~ Sarah McLachlan
Not As We ~ Alanis Morisette
Hide and Seek ~ Imogen Heap
Running Up That Hill ~ Placebo (version) (written by Kate Bush)
Full of Grace ~ Sarah McLachlan
You'll See ~ Madonna
Breathe No More ~ Evanescence
Idyll's End ~ The Last Samurai (Soundtrack)
Contact Theme ~ Soundtrack
Chasing Pavements ~ Adele
Desperate ~ David Archuleta
Love Is a Battlefield ~ Jann Arden
My Skin ~ Natalie Merchant
The Power of Goodbye ~ Madonna
Don't Give Up ~ Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
All The Pretty Little Ponies ~ Kenny Loggins
Good Enough ~ Evanescence
Call and Response ~ Phillip Aaberg
Prayer ~ Secret Garden
Gabriel's Oboe ~ Yo-Yo Ma
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You ~ Stevie Nicks
August's Rhapsody ~ August Rush Soundtrack

Let me know what you like...

Thanks for the list SD. I found it very interesting. I have already checked out Beauty from Pain and it's very powerful. I plan to check out some others. I happen to be looking for songs that hold a certain significance for a CD I'm burning for my T. Answer is a big therapy song for me and I listen to it often. A few of my other favorites include:

There You'll Be - Faith Hill
I'll Stand by You - The Pretenders
Don't Give Up (You are Loved) -Josh Groban
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
The Rose - LeAnn Rimes
Only Time -Enya
My Immortal - Evanescence
Because of You - Kelly Clarkson
You are My Anchor - Jackie Carlyle

TN

Hi TN...

I'm sure you will find a few good ones for your purpose in this list. I've wanted to share it with my T many times...but so far...she does not seem interested. I guess she doesn't want to analyze my music. LOL....

It seems like I need different T's for different reasons just like my medical Drs. I need a music T, an art T, a trauma T, a general maintenance T. etc...etc... Where the heck are the general practitioner T's these days?

SD

Hey Guys,
Here are a few of my favs. *** means you should definitely listen to it!

Dashboard Confessional:
- Again i go unnoticed
- So beautiful
- Hands down
- Morning calls
- Bend and not break
- For you to notice***

Demon Hunter:
- Deteriorate

Kids in the Way:
- Phoenix with a heartache

Nichole Nordeman:
- Grattitude***

Relient K:
- Let it all out***
- High of 75
- More than useless
- I so hate consequences***
- Deathbed

Run Kid Run:
- The modern march
- Captives come home
- I'll forever sing

Seventh Day Slumber:
- Oceans from the rain
- Caroline

Skillet:
- The last night
- Yours to hold

The Almost:
- Amazing because it is***
- Stop it
- Awful direction

The Glorious Unseen:
- (Anything from their Tonight the Stars Speak Album)***

This Beautiful Republic:
- Beautifully broken
- No turning back
- Surrender saved my life

Thousand Foot Krutch:
- Breath you in
- Falls apart
- This is a call

Trapt:
- Headstrong
- Echo

U2:
- Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Without you
- Where the streets have no name
- I still haven't found what im looking for

-CT

CT...

An interesting list...to be sure.

I tend to shy away from boy bands...just my preference. And of course...I am a bit too old for too much metal. LOL....
Usually I am not into much of the "christian" genre...with some exceptions that are considered CCM (contemporary christian) With that in mind...I did find some really nice tracks on the Nicole Nordeman recordings. One that I can relate to and seems to resonate to therapy in general...is the track We Build. I also like No More Chains...and of course your pick Gratitude.

Thanks much...keep workin it.

SD

CT,
This is SO cool! Both my daughters and I like Reliant K and the two songs you flagged as "must listen" are both really meaningful for me. Music has been a really important part of my healing. I often discussed music with my first T. When she retired, as a goodbye gift, I made her a custom CD (mix, too many for only one disc ). Along with it I had written a guide that talked about each song, why it was important to me and how it had fit into our journey together. A musical journal if you will. Both "Let it all out" and "I so hate consequences" were part of the mix. Thanks for the list I want to check out your other songs. And I also REALLY like their song Deathbed.
AG

SD- Glad you found some Nichole Nordeman songs you liked. I've really gravitated to Christian music since high school. I used to get into some really dark music, but once I stopped cutting, I found that listening to that stuff really triggers me. I have to be careful about anything that I can get stuck in a repetitive loop in my head- I am very sensitive that way for some reason.

AG- It's so cool that you are a Relient K junkie too! Aren't they awesome? And so completely random at times? I think they are so funny but deep at the same time- there is no telling how many times I have listened to "let it all out"- i think those lyrics were written with me in mind! And the musical journey idea is SO cool. I bet your T really liked it!

-CT

Hi all. This is my favorite song right now and I just thought I'd post the lyrics in case anyone was interested/shared my taste in music.

Awful Direction
by The Almost

Life has given me the, me the creeps
I need you to make, to make, to make me weak
I have made my world my own, I've made it my own
And I have never been so alone

I can't stop my brain from moving
in an awful direction Lord
I can't stop my hands from doing
what I don't want to do anymore
I've been wrong
I've been right
but tonight
I just wanna be yours

I'm planning this out
to be all about me
I, I am wrong can you help me?

I can't stop this brain from moving
in an awful direction Lord
I can't stop these hands from doing
what I don't want to do anymore
I've been wrong
I've been right
but tonight
I just wanna be yours

I've got to let go of all of this
'cause I'm dragging me down, down

I can't stop my brain from moving
in an awful direction Lord
I can't stop my hands from doing
what I don't want to do anymore
I've been wrong
I've been right
but tonight
I just wanna be yours
I just wanna be yours
I just wanna be yours

-ct