Posted by Dinah on February 2, 2005, at 11:47:17
In reply to Re: T's wording keeps distance » Dinah, posted by Speaker on February 2, 2005, at 7:21:26
I'm sure you're not.
Words can be used to convey many things not spoken. My therapist's words conveyed distrust, and after we spoke, he realized because he had thought about it consciously for the first time, that his mistrust was misplaced, a leftover of other clients who may have reminded him of me, but who were not me. I'm guessing that that realization spilled over into other situations as well.
Your therapist's words might at best be a determined effort to give you the space and dignity to chart the course of your own therapy. At worst, they may mean what you fear. Most likely they mean something neither best nor worse case scenario.
But talking about it and discovering it together will either remove that barrier between you and make more effective therapy possible, or do the opposite. But it's got to be better than wondering in silence.
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