Posted by caraher on January 20, 2007, at 16:11:46
In reply to Friday's Meeting, posted by ElaineM on January 20, 2007, at 15:59:02
It is a start. That much is good. But I'm a bit worried about his evasion of the central issue. You're very generous to observe that, just as it can take any of us a while to get to the deeper issues, it is probably too much to expect him to get right to the point with his own T. Yet he's pretty up-front in telling you that he's not bringing up all his feelings because he doesn't want to be told what he knows already he ought to be doing.
Even if the early discussion is about the irrelevant question of how to get you to "open up" more (here's a hint to "T": STOP DOMINATING SESSIONS WITH YOUR OWN ISSUES!), this still is a positive development. If your T's therapist is perceptive, this person might ferret out the true root of your T's discussions about you and begin to address it, whether your T initiates that discussion himself or not.
I hope things move, quickly, in the right direction!
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