Posted by canadagirl on April 15, 2007, at 14:38:50
In reply to Oh God, I don't wanna.**trigger RANT**, posted by muffled on April 14, 2007, at 23:36:09
Hi Muffled, gestalt therapy or gestalt techniques are really good for this, talking to our "parts" "ego states" whatever. Maybe your T can try some with you? How would you feel if you were the one doing the talking to these parts in front of your T? You could say whatever you wanted and they could say whatever back to you. Do you think you could do this ? That way it's not like your T is talking to them (if you are nervous about that). I must say, I felt completely stupid doing this at first. Talking to a "part". But hey, it answered me.LOL.
I figured it was my dime and my time so why not get the most out of it and at least give it a try. It did help. Especially because these are just different aspects of ourselves and our subconscious and when you hear what your subconscious has to say, it's often quite interesting. And your T will absolutely NOT think you are weird or be frightened, or whatever. Imagine, a therapist actually invented the technique of talking to "parts" - so how weird is that!!
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