Posted by raisinb on April 2, 2009, at 10:03:03
In reply to First 3 words in a session?, posted by Kenya on March 30, 2009, at 11:34:00
I don't have any concrete phrases to offer, but just a thought:
I have the same problem--I'm mute for at least the first ten minutes. It's because I don't trust that when my therapist says, "how are you?" or "what's going on?" it's any different from the casual "hey, how are you?" I get from the clerk at the grocery store. In other words, I doubt she really wants to know and I wait for some sign that she does. Once she hits it, we have a good session. If she doesn't, we don't.
Is it possible you can be harboring those doubts yourself and that's what's hindering your beginnings?
poster:raisinb
thread:887725
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