Posted by annierose on December 14, 2004, at 13:58:30
In reply to Re: Nope. » annierose, posted by fallsfall on December 14, 2004, at 12:31:19
I do understand what you are going through. I do think some T's do have a strong opinion of what they would like us to do (or think what would be in our best interest). And like you, sometimes I wish I knew how to do this. But in my heart, I know, at any given point in time, I can only expect that I openly communicate, without editing (or leaving out important details :) That is my session by session goal, but it is hard. Today I finally told my T something I've been struggling with forever, but never had the courage. For the first 15 minutes, I sat there, agitated, trying to get it out. I would start, stop, stop, try to start. She tried to help. Finally I just got it out (face turning bright red, probably hives down my neck). Now I'll have to face this again on Thursday (ugh!) ... when does it stop? Didn't mean to change the subject. My point is that most of us do struggle, want to do therapy "right". At the end of the day, a bowl of ice cream (or a glass of wine) helps.
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