Posted by Penny on December 19, 2003, at 9:04:15
and avoided discussing anything important, including how I'm going to go without therapy for two weeks over the holidays. My therapy session last night was a bust. I did talk a bit about work and my frustrations there, but other than that...I just talked about nonsense. I told her that I've figured out the best way to get relaxed and fall asleep every night - I've been listening to Harry Potter V on CD. She agreed that that was a wonderful bedtime routine. So we spent a couple of minutes discussing HP. I told her about the 'therapy gripe' thread, particularly the part about my telling about my pdoc eating in front of me and how we don't always like to see our therapist's and pdoc's as human...she thought that was cute. I told her about the last episode of Judging Amy, where Amy's mom Maxine (Tyne Daly), who is a social worker for those of you who don't watch the show, decides to use her certificate in Marriage and Family Counseling that she's kept current for years but has never used, and she ends up telling this man who's crying and carrying on in his session to "get a grip!" I told her that I suspected many therapists, including her, have felt like saying that on more than one occasion - I told her that I'm sure the thought has crossed her mind, to tell me to 'get a grip' and told her "Thank you for not doing that!" She said it was more likely that she would find herself biting her tongue when working with her 15-year-old patients, when they tell her about getting a piercing or something.
So, I managed to avoid any and all truly serious and therapeutic discussion, again. Perhaps this should be my New Year's Resolution - to get more serious in therapy. sigh.
I did, however, give her the ornaments I painted for her - two little kitty picture frames. She said she loved them and knew exactly which pictures she would put in them (she has two cats). She thanked me several times. I'm taking the one I've painted for my pdoc (a jumping-jack Santa) to him tonight.
Now if I can just make it without my therapist until Jan. 6. Sigh...
:-(
P
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