Posted by Dinah on April 21, 2009, at 7:28:51
In reply to Does posting here take away 'magic' of therapy?, posted by FindingMyDesire on April 20, 2009, at 20:41:54
I often tell my therapist that the thing I feel best about in Babble is that we encourage people to take things to their therapist.
I know I wasn't honest with mine about some of the feelings I thought were shameful. And I think a lot of people felt the way I did. I came up with all sorts of reasons I did what I did, when the truth was that I felt attachment to my therapist and wanted him to feel attached too.
It all depends on what Babble is to an individual I think. If Babble helps to contain feelings between sessions, I know my therapist would approve of that. If Babble encourages me to be open with him, I am positive my therapist would approve of that.
If I work things out here before bringing them to my therapist... Well, my therapist likes that too. Some might not. A lot of times bringing up something here before I bring it to therapy helps me sort out in my mind what my real issue is. Which oddly enough I don't always know. But in mentioning something then looking at my replies to responses, I can generally see a theme. And of course Babblers often can see things I don't, or have other ways of looking at my issue.
My therapist likes that. A therapist who likes to make interpretations or who has great insight might not like that as much. It's not my therapist's forte.
I've never found it to take away the magic. Never. Growth takes the magic away some. But talking about therapy with others who understand never has.
poster:Dinah
thread:891846
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