Posted by All Done on June 15, 2006, at 11:48:08
In reply to Re: Nervous about seeing my T tomorrow morning, posted by annierose on June 12, 2006, at 18:20:39
> I think you and your T are doing just what you need to explore. You don't need to explain a thing. I do think the added session every other week does help add to the intimacy and intensity of the relationship (usually for the better).
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> Is he young? You mentioned supervision, so I imagine he is on the younger side. It was a brave question to ask, and I'm glad you let him answer. It's nice when they let us know they think about us and learn from us. I just asked my T that question a few weeks ago, I asked, "Have you ever learned anything about yourself from working with me?" She took a very long pause, then a "Hmmmmm" then "Could you explain further?" [classic stalling for time] and came up with a semi-decent reply, not warm or fuzzy, more professional (darn it).
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> Your T sounds warm and fuzzy, like someone you would want to curl up on the couch with and watch a movie and share popcorn.My T is a year older than me. He'll be 35 soon. I don't know that age made any difference for me when I talked to him about supervision, though. I guess I just assumed he had supervision and maybe always will. I know there are some therapists that don't, but with so much possibility of "new" things coming up in therapy with so many different clients, I think maybe they should always have some sort of supervision no matter how experienced they are.
My T is pretty warm and fuzzy. I really didn't think that at all at first, he doesn't look like the warm and fuzzy type, but he's definitely turned out to be that way. He's provided a very nice environment for me to feel comfortable talking to him about almost anything. And I've actually mentioned to him that I fantasize about sitting next to him curled up on the couch and reading a good book together.
I wish they could all be warm and fuzzy all the time.
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