Posted by Dinah on November 12, 2003, at 0:52:20
In reply to Re: Abrupt Session Ending » Dinah, posted by DaisyM on November 11, 2003, at 21:56:04
Feel free to steal anything I say. I'm sure half of it was stolen from someone else anyway. :) That statement sounded rather like my therapist. He always said I'd internalize him.
So there's no particular reason to think your therapist is in ill health. Well, that makes the question less personal, don't you think? Since it's really more about what's going on in your head than in his body. I suspect my therapist would have answered, but would have also thoroughly gone over my reasons for asking. But my therapy is more supportive in nature, so I think you're not supposed to frustrate the poor fragile client unneccessarily. (grin)
Wish me luck. That's the topic of our next session. Making therapy more challenging and less supportive. I'm thinking of running away to Tahiti before Friday.
It's all so very complex, isn't it? You must have to be constantly thinking as a therapist. Evaluating each question to determine the optimal level of frustration for that particular client.
Or perhaps I give them too much credit. Maybe they're just wondering what the stock market is doing.
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