Posted by babbgal on June 1, 2004, at 2:05:10
In reply to One more question..., posted by Pandabear on June 1, 2004, at 0:29:45
Pandabear...
I would think that therapists' reactions to self-injury vary with therapist, approach, etc.
All I can report with authority is what my therapist does. We have an agreement that I will report via phone call to him whenever I self-injure. It's up to me whether I simply make the report, or request a call back from him. He has told me numerous times that he does not issue ultimatums -- like, "Stop this behavior or else." When we talk about SI in session, we go at my pace...sometimes I don't want to talk about it, at other times I feel OK to talk. I am finding that as I work harder in therapy, my incidents of SI are rarer. It is tough and difficult to talk about...but my T. has made it safe and I trust him.
Hope this helps...please post again if there's anything else you want to know.
{{pandabear}}
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