Posted by Dinah on June 30, 2008, at 9:57:05
In reply to Re: Back to real therapy :), posted by Daisym on June 27, 2008, at 20:31:57
Bibliotherapy would have sounded really good a couple of weeks ago. Right now I'm so sure that it's the real life connection that leads to real change. It *is* the fact that there are two human beings in that room - however much trouble that brings.
I managed to make some changes since the last session. Not based on what he said precisely. There seems to be something magic about the therapy relationship, at least when it's going well. I often refer to it as a sacred space, a sacred encounter. I am usually afraid that my therapist will laugh, but he says that he sees it that way too. He doesn't always act as if he sees it that way, but I suppose it's wearing to maintain a sacred space full time.
Still, it does occur to me that the worse was over in less than two months this time. That it could have been, and has in the past, been far worse. And that I have no way of knowing, each time, how long it will last. It's scary.
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