Posted by gardenergirl on September 16, 2004, at 13:22:25
In reply to Good for you! » gardenergirl, posted by daisym on September 16, 2004, at 12:55:53
Daisy,
Thanks for asking. He was pretty stone-faced. But then he knew in advance how much I was worried about seeing any smidgeon of disappointment or rejection on his face. Now of course, I want to know what his internal reaction was...LOL. He came up with some practical questions and such, some I hadn't thought of. Some okay, some even scarier. He left it on the surface a lot. And reminded me I didn't need to make any decisions on doing anything about it today. He let me change the subject a couple of times and gently prodded me towards expressing some feeling about it when I came back to it. He as always tied everything together at the end. But he was a little off on some things...at one point he made a very specific interpretation about something I was speaking more generally about. So I think it did startle him at the very least.You know, you are right about the power of words. My T and I sometimes go off on a tangent about word choices. It's fun, and educational, but still a tangent, usually. But honestly, whatever words you use, if he understands and you are expressing yourself, it's okay. Honestly. And your word choices may and probably are very different from little Daisy's.
gg
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