Posted by rubenstein on September 15, 2004, at 12:09:15
In reply to Re: Therapist ever said he/she was worried » rubenstein, posted by Larry Hoover on September 14, 2004, at 22:26:06
> > Have you ever had a therapist say that he or she was worried about you. Mine did on Monday and I must say it hit me pretty hard. I think it scared me more than anything, but also denoted some sense of caring on his part which I found comforting. Any similiar stories are thoughts about this.
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> I've had two different therapists say something like that to me. In part, it *was* to hit me a little hard. In hindsight, I was not very able to see that I was facing some difficult but important choices. And based on prior discussion, I had pretty good evidence for picking one path over another.....yet I seemed to be slipping towards the more maladaptive one.
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> So, my therapist's expressions were that they had faith in me to recognize what they knew to be true (from their objective view) about the fork in the road immediately before me, and that they knew I had the fortitude to do the tougher thing.
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> It felt rough. I got a little hurt. I got a little more angry. And then I channelled that angry energy into positive and proactive behaviour.
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> LarThanks for your sharing, it truly touched me
rubenstein
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