Posted by lifeworthliving on April 29, 2004, at 13:40:40
In reply to Info for you :, posted by shadows721 on April 29, 2004, at 13:13:19
>>>>>>Therapist don't know more about us than we know about ourselves. They can only see what lies or denial we are still into keeping up. They aren't superhuman and aren't all knowing beings either. They have their hang up and problems just like everybody else here.
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> Therapy involves going up against those old tapes deep with in our minds that are still controlling the course of our lives. It's a self discovery process. Therapist can help guide us in the right direction, but the director is ultimately the client. When you are ready, you will go to a painful issue and work on it.>>>>
good post and so true!at somepoint i figured out that my therapist didn't know anymore about me than i did. she isn't the expert on me, i am! whenever i would get confused about what was going on in therapy, or wonder what i'm doing, i would remind myself that all the talking and remembering is about getting all the "trash" outside of me where i can look at it. and with my therapists help, decide what fit, what didn't, etc. together we cleaned out this vacant lot, pulled weeds, and hauled unbelievable amounts of trash to expose all this wonderful soil for planting flowers. the sunshine never felt so good.
--life
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