Posted by Dinah on February 18, 2005, at 19:53:14
In reply to Feeling some pressure, posted by Skittles on February 18, 2005, at 17:14:16
Where the results are as yet unknown? And be interested in what happens rather than feeling pressured to have a certain outcome?
The outcome might be that you don't start talking till an hour and a half in. And that's an ok result to the experiment. You discover it's not the time lapsed but the time remaining that determines how much you feel safe divulging. Or you might discover that it really does allow you to delve deeper. Even so, you get to choose how deep you want to delve.
Nothing has to happen that isn't your choice - double session or no.
Your therapist may have no special expectations at all. Maybe she's just seeing if this will be helpful. Maybe she's considering many possibilities of what might be helpful.
It might be useful to you to talk to her about the pressure of inferred expectations.
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