Posted by Daisym on August 4, 2008, at 0:08:35
In reply to Re: Another thought » Daisym, posted by Dinah on August 3, 2008, at 21:49:52
I have so much I want to write but I'm exhausted and need to go elevate my knee. But I will say that I find it interesting that I have trouble trusting that my therapist will push me out of the nest when I'm ready to fly. I, of course, have huge fears of being abandoned. But I think of that somehow connected to what I might do, not what he would do. But I just don't think he'll kick me out.
Perhaps it isn't so much trusting what we should be talking about as much as I trust that he will note what we aren't talking about or flatly identify something as a red herring. He often says, "is this really what you want to be talking about?" And sometimes I've said, "what do you think we should be talking about?" and he has an answer! Startles me because I sort of think he'll say, "whatever you wish." But again - maybe this is years of working together and trusting that a misstep isn't the end of the world, it is just a painful moment.
But I really hate those painful moments. :(
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