Posted by daisym on August 19, 2005, at 0:38:52
In reply to How common is it, really?, posted by All Done on August 17, 2005, at 2:26:18
I think Dinah is right about those in short term therapy. And I think everyone is right that many people keep their feelings out of the room, and a lot of therapists never ask. I've talked about this a lot with my therapist. I wondered once how these feelings could not get in the way of the therapy if they weren't talked about. He said they might, but lots of times clients just quit because it is too overwhelming. Or many therapists don't work with the feelings but still a lot of therapy gets done.
When I was talking about feeling like a therapy cliche, he did say that this doesn't happen as much as I imagined it did. I don't know whether he meant clients confessing their feelings or having the feelings. I guess I'll have to ask.
I hope if you get clarification you'll share. And if he tells you what to do about these feelings, you'll share that too. I'm still looking for the definition of "working them through." Through what?
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