Posted by Dinah on August 8, 2008, at 17:33:36
Well, for about five minutes. I've told him how much he reminds me of Dr. Kroger, and he wanted to know what it was that reminded me of him. He knew how upset I was when "Dr. Kroger" died.
I showed him a few of my favorite scenes.
"At least I never dug up Trudy and had her stuffed." I know, I've always been proud of you for that." (That's the one that reminds me the most of my therapist.)
"Remember, I won't be here on Thursday. I'm leaving for a three week trip to Costa Rica." "I've never been to Costa Rica". "No, Adrian, you're not going. It's a vacation."
"The answer is in you, Adrian." "No, Dr. Kroger. The answer is in you. If you told me the answer, the answer would be in me."
"It's up to you. We can sit here for twenty minutes and sing showtunes, or we can talk about your sex life." "If ever I should leave you..... It wouldn't be in summer...."
And one of my personal favorites.
"If I won the lottery, I'd put you on retainer, hire you full time. Maybe build a house for you next to mine so I could see you anytime, night or day." "If I won the lottery, I'd buy an island, a desert island." "Would we have our sessions by phone?" "In my dream, my island would have no phones." "So I'd have to take a boat?" "In my dream, no docks."........ "May the best man win."
It was hilarious. We were both laughing. And of course, I showed him the waterfall fountain. It wasn't totally frivolous. I pointed out why Dr. Kroger reminded me of my therapist. And how much I often felt like Monk in wanting so much (too much?) from him. And how the dynamic felt similar in many ways. He wanted to know why Monk's new therapist didn't measure up in my eyes.
For the rest of the session, we both managed to work in lines from the scenes so that the session was just plain fun. :)
Maybe I'll try video therapy more often. I'm feeling ok at the moment, so there was no pressing need to talk about anything else. And it was only five minutes or so. It was a nice change of pace.
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