Posted by raisinb on August 2, 2008, at 19:00:37
In reply to Re: talking about your childhood in therapy, posted by antigua3 on August 2, 2008, at 13:01:57
Antigua, you've given me so much to think about. I'm glad I started this discussion.
I don't think this was your intention--but I wonder if it sometimes this is why therapists do it--I don't want to get acknowledging my own issues confused with looking at my childhood. For instance, I can admit, "yes, I have trouble separating my own needs from others'," without talking about how my mother wouldn't let me be a separate person. I can acknowledge my part of things and work on my stuff in the present without necessarily having to trace it to my past. I suppose it feels like that's the way it would work for me.
I know my therapist doesn't want me to intellectualize. She's always pushing me to express emotion. But I don't know if she understands that it's nearly impossible not to when I'm talking about stuff that occurred twenty-five years ago.
I *will* bring this up with her. I'm glad I started this thread.
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