Posted by All Done on September 10, 2005, at 1:03:20
In reply to Re: It wasn't really about hair color, of course, posted by daisym on September 8, 2005, at 10:07:19
> It sounds like things are really going well and I'm glad you got an authentic response. It is amazing how those things lead to those "other" things that continue to pop into our lives.
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> I know what you mean about those quality comments. The one I'm never sure what to do with is, "in light of what came up today" -- I always want to ask, "where you surprised? Are you worried? Did I over react? Is this bad? Good? urg!" Yesterday I said something about therapists having to be sort of Jack of All Trades, since I started into therapy looking for someone to help me with life goals and then we started working on empty nest stuff, and then the old trauma and now marriage stuff. He said that is what he expects in a deep therapy and it was good and very satisfying for him. Then he quickly added, "it might not feel good at times..." Hate that word "good".I think next time he says anything about the "good stuff" we're working on, I'm going to ask him what he means by good. Turn about is fair play, right?
I'm glad to hear your T says he expects to address lots of topics in deep therapy because I know I'm all over the place sometimes and I've thought of my T as being a Jack of All Trades as well. I've asked him a couple of times how he does it, but he never answers. I imagine that we teach them a lot along the way, though.
> Mother stuff is really painful. I hope you post for support around it when you need to.
Thanks, (((Daisy))).
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