Posted by Dinah on April 26, 2004, at 19:35:10
In reply to Ah, a very good point! » Dinah, posted by Aphrodite on April 26, 2004, at 18:09:20
I don't really think of it as being assertive. It's my therapy and my therapist follows my lead in subject matter. I don't think there has ever been a single session since the first few (where he had the standard agenda for new clients) where my therapist has decided what we're going to talk about. Sometimes I throw up my hands and say I have nothing to talk about so he'll ask about something in my life. Nothing ever really deep seems to come from that.
Does your therapist set the agenda for the session? When you come in, do you do the talking? Or does he ask questions?
One nice thing about twice a week sessions is that for me (probably not for him) it seems like a continuation of the prior session and the first thing out of my mouth is "I was thinking about... from last session, and...."
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