Posted by shrinking violet on September 3, 2004, at 20:11:32
In reply to Re: How do you *do* therapy? » shrinking violet, posted by Poet on September 3, 2004, at 12:25:30
>> I don't know how your therapist starts each session out, but mine asks how was your week? I used to say okay or some other one word answer. Now, I'm more honest- I'll tell her what I've been feeling emotionally.
Well, usually she just asks how I am. I usually say "okay" or "fine," even if I'm clearly not. Usually she has some agenda for the session, so she'll launch pretty quickly into whatever she wants to say. Sometimes she'll ask me if I have anything I want to start with, or she'll ask at some point during the session, but not usually.
> >For me progress is slow, but if she pushed me to blurt, I'd have ran long ago.
I'm definitely in the "anti-blurt" camp. My T has been extraordinarily patient with me, although sometimes she is clearly frustrated and vexed as to how to get me to proceed. And I hate being such a hard client for her. I think I'm feeling more pressure now as well since I can't see her once I graduate, so I feel like I really need to "do" this work with her as much as I can before I have to leave her. She's such a great T for me personality wise, and we're very connected and close, and I want to take advantage of that (not literally) now before I lose her, because if I were to trust anyone with some of this stuff, it would be her. She was the first person to EVER see (or make) me cry.
I think maybe I need to try to relax and not pressure myself so much.
Thank you for your thoughts.
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