Posted by Penny on November 25, 2003, at 12:40:51
In reply to How would Perfect Client Interpret this?, posted by DaisyM on November 25, 2003, at 12:19:34
It's okay to not be perfectly present every session - though I guess the "Perfect Client" would be, right? There are many times that I'm not perfectly present, or I just don't particularly feel like getting into the heavy/deep stuff.
I've never had that question before, as my T usually just lets me talk about whatever, which may or may not be a good thing, but I have been talking about one thing briefly then switched to another thing at which point she said, "Is that all you wanted to say about that?" My response was, "No." Because there was more I wanted to say, but I didn't really feel comfortable broaching the subject, so I skipped over it. But she picked up on it.
Perhaps you can bring this up in your next session. I often go to my session thinking, "Okay, THIS time I'm going to be serious. I'm going to not skip over things. OR I'm going to ask her what she thinks we should be talking about." Though my guess is that she'll say we should talk about whatever it is I feel like I want to talk about. But I won't know unless I ask.
Try to make a point of bringing this up in your next session. Ask him those questions you didn't ask in yesterday's session. See what he says.
P
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