Posted by Mair on February 23, 2002, at 16:57:48
In reply to Re: Healing therapy appt last night (long but happy) » judy1, posted by Dinah on February 22, 2002, at 20:52:19
Dinah
I'm glad you're feeling better about things. It's interesting what you said about your therapist's tendency to back off when you'
re most upset. I've noticed with my therapist that when I am in the worst shape, she seems the most matter-of-fact. She then feels distant to me and not emotionally supportive. I can be an emotional wreck (internally, rarely externally) and she's asking me these very directed questions which of course in my emotional state seem irrelevant. We've never talked about this but my take on it is that she's trying to be the one person in the room who isn't losing her head. It's probably better that she not allow me to get swept up by whatever I'm thinking and feeling and that she move things to a more rational discourse. It's still disconcerting to me though.Mair
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