Posted by backseatdriver on February 10, 2009, at 20:09:55
Hey Babblers,
Anyone have a T who fixes you with an intense stare? Mine does this, every single session, about halfway through.
Here's what's on my mind: Is this a standard therapeutic intervention? Something they are trained to do? What is the therapeutic value of it?
My eye contact in general is pretty good, and I'm usually in good emotional touch with T throughout the sessions. So I don't think he's trying to contact me.
Weirdly, even though I'm not currently nursing an infant, my milk-ejection reflex kicks in every single time - sorry if that's TMI -- but the stare does seem to trigger an oxytocin cascade.
Any ideas? Is this normal? Erotic transference on my part? Erotic countertransference on his? I do hold the stare but have been too shy to take a look at what's happening, um, in his lap.
Thanks,
BSD
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