Posted by caraher on August 31, 2004, at 21:31:22
In reply to Re: Hugging and different schools of thought., posted by alexandra_k on August 31, 2004, at 21:13:35
Hah! - just commented on hugging in another thread. I've never been hugged by a T and think that it's probably best that way for the most part.
As for eye contact... yeah, that's a huge one with me. One T early on asked me what was so interesting about my shoes. I really wasn't aware of it before that. He didn't really do much with that, though. I moved on to someone with a CBT orientation and we worked heavily on that, both within sessions and outside with assignments to make eye contact, say hello, things like that. I still have to remind myself a lot to make more eye contact with people. It brings up a lot of issues for me - I feel like it's too bold for *me* to look in someone else's eyes. Can we detect any self-esteem issues here? ;)
I think it's worth paying attention to in therapy, especially if you have shyness problems in general
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