Posted by Dinah on March 10, 2011, at 10:18:39
In reply to terrible session, posted by pegasus on March 9, 2011, at 12:46:56
I wouldn't think of it as broken so much as *open*. Most of our lives we shut off that side of us that reacts with such primitive honesty. But I think for a particular type of therapy to work, we need to hold ourselves open to the most primitive and non-intellectual part of ourselves.
That leads to meltdowns on occasion, but it also leads to so much of the good that can come from this type of therapy.
I know it *feels* terrible. And of course therapist's should be smarter about making blanket statements on what we have and haven't spoken with them about.
But without this type of session, I know I'd never know what I actually really felt about things as opposed to what I think I ought to feel about things. So maybe not a terrible session, although definitely a painful one.
poster:Dinah
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