Posted by Dinah on February 25, 2004, at 10:36:39
In reply to I asked for A Do-Over, posted by Karen_kay on February 25, 2004, at 7:30:25
I wish I knew something productive to say. I'm so frustrated with your situation that I can only imagine how you must feel.
Bubba's answers and suggestions in this session seem less than helpful. Are you trying to punish him or trying to adjust to the realities of the new situation or a bit of both? That question is loaded with all sorts of meaning, and whether Bubba is feeling punished should be the least of them. If he wants to go that angle, can't he explore why you would feel the need to punish him? How you're feeling at what's happening and your perceptions of what's happening? Couldn't he try to explain it in a different way, or explore the meaning that what happened might have to you. Does he have to concentrate on him? It's not about him. It's about how his and the supervisor's actions are having an impact on you, and how you see therapy, and what you think of group, and any number of things other than Bubba.
Ooooh, I wish I knew him. I'm really good at telling off therapists.
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