Posted by noa on February 25, 2002, at 7:27:45
In reply to Re: Healing therapy appt last night (long but happ » Zo, posted by Dinah on February 25, 2002, at 1:54:25
Yes, Dinah, it sounded to me like his disclosures were about acknowledging/owning up to the signals he had sent out that you, being so perceptive, picked up on. I think this kind of disclosure is good and necessary, especially with people who are so sensitive to the unspoken signals, because of our crazy-making childhoods with parents sending signals they refused to own up to and mixed signals and conflicts between the spoken and unspoken signals, etc., where we had to learn to be vigilant for these cues because they could signal danger one way or another.
I don't think of this kind of disclosure as burdening--it didn't sound to me like your therapist was telling you in order to get your comfort and sympathy. If he had, Zo is right--that would be inappropriate and burdensome. But from the way you described it, it sounds more like the disclosure was done in service of your treatment.
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