Posted by pegasus on December 9, 2005, at 12:33:42
In reply to Sitting and walking around in Therapy?, posted by vwoolf on December 9, 2005, at 0:06:29
Good question. I've been following how people and their ts sit, and it's interesting. I used to often sit on the floor, and draw with crayons he had for his kid clients. I felt so much more comfortable there than in chairs or couches. Sometimes I'd move around down there - lie on my back, on my belly propped up on my elbows, curled up into a ball, that kind of thing. I think it made me feel like a kid and more authentic. I always wanted to ask him to come sit on the floor too, so we'd be on the same level. But I never had the guts.
Once he got up and started walking around (I was on the couch), picking dead leaves off of the plants. Then he came right up to me, and I flinched, but he was just tossing the leaves in the trash, which was right next to where I was sitting. We were talking about whether it was ok to hug. Felt really weird.
Peg
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