Posted by Dinah on April 29, 2005, at 13:12:05
In reply to Re: What would progress look like for you?, posted by Dinah on April 28, 2005, at 21:37:00
I told him pretty much what I said on this thread, which included the admission that I found building a relationship with him very rewarding.
His overall take was that my next big steps didn't need to be away from him. That I never needed to take big steps away from him unless I wanted to. He thought that the next challenge would be for us to use the relationship we've built to concentrate on tackling my core issues (which I made him tell me, but I've forgotten). He mentioned plateaus and consolidating gains.
I told him I thought that s*cked.
So he added that maintaining a long term relationship in the face of obstacles was quite an accomplishment in itself, and worthy of praise.
I think he saw that I still looked less than ecstatic.
So he said that he really didn't know what happened in a long term therapy relationship at this point. That he'd never had a therapy relationship of ten years and that we'd discover the possibilities together.
I was surprised, and told him that I had thought he would know the answer because he was so very very good at relationships. I happened to glance up right then and caught him grinning in amusement. He said his family might not agree. :)
I like when I make him laugh, and I think I do it all the time. I made Daddy laugh too.
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