Posted by antigua3 on February 14, 2009, at 18:43:28
In reply to Re: A jaw dropper but a great one! (more later) » antigua3, posted by lucie lu on February 14, 2009, at 13:00:54
What you said about my pdoc brought up a few issues for me.
1. I, too, have often wondered if he is working from a technique-based script. In fact, I'd give it good odds that he does work this way. There seem to be a lot of steps here, and sometimes I don't get them "right", but when we click, the connection is very strong. I need to make a better effort to discuss this w/him.>
2. "In a later post of yours, you commented that he is a non-native English speaker."I wondered if anyone would notice. It's not that I intentionally haven't brought it up, it just hasn't seemed as important as I now think it might be. I'd rather not say where he got his initial training, but he has some excellent U.S. credentials as well. But his native culture is more authoritarian than ours, including in terms of the role of women in society. Not hugely different, but I think enough of a difference that it shows at times. My T agrees.
99.9% of the time there is no language barrier, but on rare occasions we can misconstrue the intentions of the words each other uses. So far, I don't think it has been much of a problem at all.
3. "And I have to say that, as confusing as all that was, it did seem to reinforce in my mind the fact that he obviously cares a lot for you."
That made me smile. I don't tend to think that he cares about me, but I'm glad his caring showed through enough that someone else could see it.
Thanks,
antigua
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