Posted by Tamar on April 29, 2005, at 15:39:14
In reply to Re: Tormenting myself... (longish), posted by gardenergirl on April 29, 2005, at 2:01:09
> I've done the steeling myself for a disclosure that I knew would be hard to hear before. Sometimes I was right on target, and othertimes, I didn't need to steel myself so much. But I think it's like what Dinah said...I think it's kind of a gathering and holding your focus in order to be prepared to respond therapeutically. It's an odd sensation, and I'm not at all surprised to hear that clients can sense it too.Yeah, I can imagine it’s easy enough to guess at what’s coming next. Sometimes I wish I’d blindsided him, by interjecting the transference stuff into a discussion about work or something: “And I can’t get anything done because I love you and I think about you all the time.”
Manipulative? Me? :)
Tamar
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