Posted by gardenergirl on April 23, 2005, at 23:32:18
In reply to Re: My session yesterday, posted by Susan47 on April 22, 2005, at 10:56:08
> Good for you, GG, for sticking it through and bringing up what bothered you.
Thanks
>It's really bad when you don't get what you need in the way of an explanation. I tried for a long time to get my therapist to be honest with me, to make me see him as a person, but he refused .. somewhat like yours.I think my T does see me as a person. And until recently, he was actually feeling more like a person instead of a blank slate to me. But now that it's getting intense, it's back to the blank slate routine. That's a loss in and of itself.
>I'm glad you're learning how it feels on this side of the fence, though. Ask him if he knows how it feels.
I know he has had his own analysis, so I'm quite sure he knows. And I do learn a lot about therapy from my own experience, although that's kind of secondary. I actually try to turn off my "clinical brain" when I am in the session, because I go to therapy for personal reasons, not for training. But it's hard to separate.
gg
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