Posted by sunnydays on October 7, 2006, at 21:11:16
I cried for the first time ever in therapy at my last session after almost 2 years of going there. My therapist was great. He didn't say anything while I was crying but he helped afterward. I kind of panicked after I realized I had been crying and started hyperventilating, but he basically ordered me to slow down my breathing and eventually I did (I did get awfully dizzy though). And he just talked and said comforting sorts of things. And the look on his face just looked like he was trying to hold back a smile, almost - really kind. He's been trying to get me to see that it's ok to feel feelings in therapy for a while, so I think he might have been kind of happy that I finally did. And it was really nice, although it was right at the end of the session, so it was awfully hard to leave. He gave me something from his office to hold onto over the week (he didn't say whether he wanted it back, but I assume he does). And that was so nice, because he knew that the weekend was going to be hard for me anyway for a number of reasons, and I've been keeping it in my pocket and it makes me feel like I know he still exists and I'll be okay.
So - thoughts, reactions, your own experiences about crying in therapy?
sunnydays
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