Posted by gardenergirl on January 1, 2005, at 20:27:25
In reply to Getting a little derailed by ego states » Aphrodite, posted by Pfinstegg on December 29, 2004, at 23:49:57
> I once said to my T that I wished that I had found him earlier. He replied, "I might not have been experienced enough to help you then."
What a wonderful response. And so honest and real.
>Don't you think, though, that each client-therapist pair gradually get better and better at dealing with one another's feelings, so that the intensity, honesty and intimacy remains, but there is also more calmness and "containment' on the therapist's part?
I like to think this is true. I had a couple of long term clients last year. It seemed we developed a sort of "shorthand" that made the processing easier at times. Of course I think we both were still capable of surprising the other as well. That's good, I think.
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