Posted by kara lynne on September 11, 2003, at 1:53:30
In reply to Re: Do I need my therapist to love me? » kara lynne, posted by Dinah on September 11, 2003, at 1:28:26
Another thing I've been meaning to ask him--exactly what you're talking about. In fact I intended to talk about that yesterday, what kind of therapy he does specifically and how he can help me. I don't know what kind of vapor overcomes me when I walk through the door that I can't do it! Something between, 'Hello', and 'How are you?' seems to reduce me to tears and render me useless for the entire session.
So I've started a list and I'll have to tape it to my shirt or something next week, to ensure that I talk about it in front of him. I did ask him about his 'interrogative' style (which by the way he insisted was *not* interrogative), and said maybe that works well with other clients. He just dismissed it and said he didn't care (at that moment) about other clients. He said he was simply challenging me, and I was putting up a wall. Just wanted to focus on why I wouldn't simply open up with him, as I was ostensibly here to do 'the work'. In the last session I brought up my lifelong pattern of self-hatred and how nothing has ever seemed to touch that. He said maybe we could finally do that here. But I still haven't asked him how, I guess.
Thanks Dinah. How's Harry?
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