Posted by gardenergirl on April 29, 2005, at 2:01:09
In reply to Re: Tormenting myself... (longish) » Tamar, posted by Dinah on April 28, 2005, at 18:59:28
>I think it's just a tricky therapy topic and even the best therapists are on their best therapeutic behavior over it. So it wasn't like he was steeling himself for you to hit him with something unpleasant. It was probably more that he was gathering himself to be the best therapist he could be. Or at least that's always how I see it.
I've done the steeling myself for a disclosure that I knew would be hard to hear before. Sometimes I was right on target, and othertimes, I didn't need to steel myself so much. But I think it's like what Dinah said...I think it's kind of a gathering and holding your focus in order to be prepared to respond therapeutically. It's an odd sensation, and I'm not at all surprised to hear that clients can sense it too.
gg
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