Posted by DaisyM on May 21, 2004, at 15:27:42
In reply to A new theory of mine, posted by Dinah on May 21, 2004, at 11:52:19
I think the idea of a "corrective emotional experience" allows for both sides of this theory. Learning that wanting something you can't ever have is OK and also learning to allow yourself to want something you might get is also OK.
I wonder if we *knew* our Therapist carried us around the way we carry them around if that would be comfortable? I worry so much about being a burden and being intrusive. Once my Therapist said on a Monday, "how was the weekend? I was worried about you." My immediate response was to apologize for making him worry. I just want to know he's out there if I need him. I don't need for him to be thinking of me. (I don't know if that makes sense.)
Maybe it totally has to do with why you are in therapy in the first place. But it is interesting to think about why it works at all.
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