Posted by ElaineM on June 10, 2006, at 20:30:19
In reply to Nervous about seeing my T tomorrow morning, posted by All Done on June 10, 2006, at 1:54:30
It does sound like he kind of invited you to open the whole "game" thing again. It can be so frustrating trying to figure out what a T means. Maybe he brought it up again to show he would like to help you explore playing, but with more restrictive questions. Do you think he was hoping you'd ask something different, or more generic? Would he answer other stuff? Or would he "play" by asking YOU 20 questions? Does he have suggestions himself on other ways you could explore the topic of playing together?
If anything I say is inappropriate then I'm sorry. I don't really know what's always okay, or sometimes okay, or never, with T's. My T answers any question I ask about anything, and when I don't ask he always tells me about what he's thinking and feeling about life in general, his own life, or me. It seems normal to me. The more I read here though the more I'm finding out how strange my T's behaviour is. It's good to find things out I guess, but reading about others T's and sessions usually ends up scaring me.
Have you ever had a therapist who answered personal questions?
I'm interested in how your T approaches what happened. Let us know how it goes. Good luck!
Elaine
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