Posted by Tamar on November 24, 2005, at 3:47:11
In reply to Re: what is expected » Dr. Bob, posted by daisym on November 23, 2005, at 22:52:49
> I've been thinking about this, and I think perhaps we don't want to lose the focus of the session by trying to "teach" therapist about things like transference.
Ha ha! Yeah, let’s hope they know something about transference already! And yet we see posts here from people who really seem to be struggling with it, or whose therapists aren’t as sensitive as they should be… so maybe there’s still some need for learning about client perspectives…
I should probably mention that I was talking about the *handout* rather than the session. I think we can probably have a broader scope for the handout, if we want to.
I borrowed the word ‘teach’ from an earlier post by Dr Bob, because I thought it was an interesting word to use in the context. I like the way it implies that we can set the agenda, to some extent.
I think the whole thing is a great opportunity to present our perspectives on things.
> I think what they will be interested in is the experience of on-line support itself - as Tamar said, why we come here and what we get from it. I think the exact issues are more or less background, it is more about why we come here to talk about them. Maybe we are all saying the same thing.
I think we are all saying broadly similar things, in different ways. Yeah, I don’t want to go into a lot of detail about my personal history, but the broad issues are things I think could be discussed in the session, if people want to. And the handout could perhaps provide a bit more depth.
> I'm thinking about the letter I wrote a long time ago trying to explain Babble to Fallsfall's therapist -- it was about support between sessions. And I think there should be some acknowledgement that there has been disagreement as to whether discussing things here interferes with an individual's therapy. If I was attending, I think this is what I would want to convey.
I think the issue of support between sessions is a really important one, and something that could generate some interesting discussions!
Tamar
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