Posted by alexandra_k on March 6, 2005, at 18:00:51
In reply to Also physical proximity, posted by thewrite1 on March 6, 2005, at 12:15:17
Therapy can be very intimate. Especially if you are talking about really personal stuff. At times like that I wish I were invisible. Need as much space as possible.
But at other times (when I am upset, for example) then it is nice to feel closer.
One of my t's used to kind of pat me on the leg or the shoulder when I was upset. Probably sounds a bit strange. I think it was kind of a combination kind gesture and effort to stop me dissociating. She picked her times pretty well. I didn't mind it. At other times something like that would send me through the roof though.
I think it is probably normal to want more space sometimes, and less space at others.
I am now oh so tempted to take a chair!!!
He he he, I wonder if people do :-)
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