Posted by Dinah on November 8, 2008, at 21:52:01
In reply to Re: My T makes an inappropriate joke... » Dinah, posted by llurpsienoodle on November 8, 2008, at 21:37:37
:-)
That's how I feel about it too. Anything's ok, and anything can be just right at the moment, as long as it's a decision considered by at least one of us. (Well, within reason of course.)
It's a real challenge to have those conversations without being confrontational or wounding their egos. Believe me, I know. My therapist's ego is amazingly easy to bruise when it comes to his professional competence. It seems to me that you'll be able to do it though. You have a real facility with expression. And I'll bet you also have the ability to know when to broach the subject and when to back off. It's a challenge to strengthen rather than damage a relationship with frankness, but it can be a real boost to self esteem to manage to do it.
And it may be when you reflect on it that he's doing the exact right amount of delving and propping. It's a delicate balance, and the balance is different for every therapy dyad. Maybe at this time in your therapy, he's doing just the right thing.
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