Posted by Dinah on July 27, 2005, at 16:29:21
In reply to why (and how) do you trust your T? (kinda long), posted by ghost on July 27, 2005, at 16:19:58
Well, two possibilities come to mind.
One is an echo of what I said above. If you otherwise get stuck, you can turn to talking about what's going on. So you can tell her basically what you said in the post, and you can talk about your difficulty in trusting her. Those sorts of discussions often lead to a lot more than you would think.
The other is that you try to lurch into the void and just tell her something as if you trusted her. And then let her earn your trust by how she reacts. I did that once, outside therapy, and while my expectations were low, it really did work and had a great payoff for me.
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