Posted by gardenergirl on October 25, 2004, at 16:54:02
In reply to Re: model » gardenergirl, posted by Dinah on October 25, 2004, at 16:38:22
Good question. I can't figure it out, other than perhaps his CBT background. It's all talk and homework. Perhaps he is concerned about splitting of the ego? I just didn't get a good sense of it during the initial conversation, and my explanation of why I liked it so much was not clear to him either. He became concerned when I told him how much I valued my own gut and how I need stuff to resonate with me emotionally as well as intellecutally. I think he thought I was saying that everything I do in therapy comes from my gut and I don't have conscious knowledge of what I do when. Yikes! I think we need to talk more about it.
Two chair is a very self-conscious intervention. It takes some time for the person to settle into it, and I've learned it also takes some patience on the T's part to not "rescue" the client. When I told my sup. that last year all the clients who gave me feedback commented on how powerful this technique was to them even though they all hated it, he made some comment like "well, your 'magical' technique might be good, but..." and I forget the rest, cause I got stuck on his use of the word "magical".
Still working out the supervisory relationship! :)
gg
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