Posted by Dinah on November 2, 2010, at 1:26:11
In reply to Re: I wasn't sure what to do, posted by Daisym on October 31, 2010, at 22:46:48
Goodness. I wrote a reply but don't see it. I wonder if that was a freudian miss of the submit your post button.
It's not that I'm annoyed with him. It's actually a better for relationships to respond with vulnerability than with defensiveness.
Maybe it sounds minor, but it is one of many minor changes in what's going on in the therapy room. Sometimes he's just as he always was. Usually when I'm upset and he perceives me as needing him, I think. Other times, this vulnerability, an increased level of self disclosure, and more of a tendency to respond as a person rather than as a therapist, all tend to shift the balance of power in our relationship.
He probably doesn't plan it. But it may be a natural response on his part to some difference he sees in me, or some change he sees as needed.
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