Posted by Dinah on November 7, 2010, at 13:21:54
In reply to Re: Foot in mouth - Funny (but not) therapy story » workinprogress, posted by Dinah on November 7, 2010, at 10:20:45
Actually, I think the look of horror came first. "Oh no, this is going to be on Babble tonight." and "She is never going to let me forget this. To my dying day I'm going to be hearing 'Would you prefer I not talk?' or '... when my own therapists dreads hearing me speak.'" I suppose that's reasonable as a first response.
Then came the look of concern and regret. "Oh no. I've made her feel bad. That's the last thing I want to do."
Then the look of self recrimination? "What kind of therapist makes his client feel worse about herself instead of better?" It wasn't that different from the regret, but he seemed momentarily more focused on himself than on me.
And finally, the shrugging of of recriminations and switch to determination. "Ok, now what am I going to do to fix this." At that point, the focus definitely switched to me.
How can I help but like him? We all screw up sometimes, and plant our feet firmly in our mouth. (Even if he is especially good at it.) His response was pretty much what it ought to be.
But that sentence. Geesh. It's going to be hard to forget the sentence. And the tone. With the emphasis on Nooo and Taaalk. Sigh. It's going to be a challenge to forget that.
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