Posted by DaisyM on January 27, 2004, at 23:24:19
In reply to Re: Deep in therapy..with only one way out » Dinah, posted by Pfinstegg on January 27, 2004, at 23:08:08
I'm glad my Therapist seems to be making the grade, I wonder if his ears are burning?
On Monday, as things were immensely intense, my Therapist sort-of stopped and said, "I must point out that you are currently slid almost all the way down the couch, with pillows on your lap and on both sides and your chin is on the pillow. Can I assume you are feeling defensive or invaded?" LOL. I didn't even realize I had arranged things this way. I realize now that I pick up the pillows as things get hard for me. I also noticed that HE slides sideways in his chair when things get hard.
I really do think experience makes a difference, maybe just cause I'm older? Like today, I had a horrible experience this morning. I had to make a CPS report on a child being abused. Talk about a trigger!! My Therapist happen to call confirming an appointment and I ended up telling him about it. He told me, "I only have a few minutes but how can we figure out how to help you get calm and put it away until we meet?" It was really great that he was honest about his time constraints but I still felt heard and sympathized with. Guess I'll keep him...:)
Interesting that we've all picked men.
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