Posted by Mashogr8 on February 4, 2003, at 16:41:19
In reply to Re: Fickle therapists » noa, posted by Dinah on February 3, 2003, at 19:48:56
I have rarely used letters to my therapists primarily because I was afraid they wouldn't say what I wanted them to say or they would be nonsensical. However, things got so bad that I recently woulnd up writing a letter both to therapist and pdoc (mostly because I was afraid I would not remember what I had been thinking). It was kind of interesting as my pdoc said, "the letter didn't really say anything I didn't know. What I did need to hear was how intensely you felt." I think there must be some sort of energy or passion that appears in the written word which may not come through in a face to face encounter. (I am definitely more reserved, less prone to dramaticize, become hysterical or even appear to need more to get a point across than I was in that letter).
So maybe there is a better way to say the same thing when it is written and read in front of a client. That to me makes "writer and listener" equal not necessarily one being better.
MA
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