Posted by DAisym on July 27, 2007, at 20:49:58
In reply to Re: So different... » DAisym, posted by twinleaf on July 27, 2007, at 20:20:45
The Fellowship was through Boston Hospital and Harvard Medical school in early childhood mental health. I finished the Fellowship but we continue to meet and learn and receive mentorship from a wonderful team of instructors. I'm entering a PhD program -- I'm probably nuts to even try -- I'm not sure if I want to be a clinician or nor yet - there are other avenues to take in this work. But in has helped my personal journey a great deal, as well as hinder it now and again.
I tried to explain what you are talking about to someone last week, the need to just "be" with your therapist sometimes. For me, it usually happens after opening up a new memory or working with some particularly painful material. I'll feel bruised and scared and kind of tentative. It feels so important to just be with someone who knows what I am feeling and why, without risking more words to open up more wounds. It isn't that I'm not asked to talked again eventually, about how I feel or what I'm thinking. It is just so great that we pause for these moments of healing -- that they are allowed and even encouraged. It has taken me a long while to value these moments though and sometimes I still judge myself harshly for "not wanting to do the work."
It sure sounds like you are doing yours.
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