Posted by llurpsienoodle on November 8, 2008, at 21:37:37
In reply to Re: My T makes an inappropriate joke... » llurpsienoodle, posted by Dinah on November 8, 2008, at 21:03:31
Hi Dinah,
My T and I have been working on my lousy self-esteem forever. Sometimes I know that he is trying to prop up my defenses, and so does he. I'm only concerned when it becomes automatic and not considered. Sure, it helps his ego to get a depressed person to laugh out loud for the first time in days, but hopefully he is doing it for MY ego, not his.Writing responses to this thread is giving me the gumption to actually talk about some of these issues in my next session[s]. I don't like feeling broken when I leave therapy-- not a good feeling at all. A few months ago we had some tension, and he got a little grumpy with me (I wanted to know what his treatment plan for me was, and he became defensive, I left him a teary voicemail and maybe we sorted some things out, but not everything?), and since then I have probably been more guarded than usual. I think I will become a better consumer of my therapy in November.
-Ll
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