Posted by fallsfall on January 5, 2005, at 7:26:59
In reply to first subject in session, posted by Shortelise on January 5, 2005, at 1:01:48
I have read that there is a strong correlation between the first subject and the theme for the session.
But, I also agree about the housekeeping. I often will talk about one or two short things before getting to what I *think* (consciously) is important.
I think some of it depends on how much the patient "plans" the session. If the patient just comes in and talks off the top of his head, then I would suspect that the correlation would be stronger. Whereas, if he comes in with a physical or mental list of "topics", then the import of whatever is talked about first could have been diluted by the planning process.
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