Posted by Dinah on May 31, 2007, at 23:13:57
In reply to Please help me explain this to my T, posted by jammerlich on May 31, 2007, at 13:23:39
Ugh. I'm sorry. :(
I can't understand why she doesn't understand why this is a big deal.
Looking back, I think it was hard for my therapist to grasp this sort of thing at times, because it involved looking at his own actions and recognizing how important they were to me. I think that that was a difficult thing for him to accept.
Could that be part of her problem?
(Mind you, I think it's something based on my therapist's personal characteristics and may not be generalizable to other therapists.)
I seem to remember times when I just had to keep saying the same thing in different ways until finally I found a way where he heard what I was trying to say. Like finding a key for a lock. If it was important enough to me, I'd keep at it.
Wow, that is so interesting to remember. At this point he's more likely to say "I know" with either fondness or sadness or sympathy or amusement before I manage to finish my statement even. And he does know.
poster:Dinah
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