Posted by Dinah on June 24, 2009, at 7:34:51
In reply to Re: Need help reframing, posted by workinprogress on June 24, 2009, at 2:16:55
I never think of myself as any kind of expert, other than an expert in my relationship with my therapist, because of fourteen years of immensely hard work. But even there, I still obviously fall short. :(
> MAYBE this exercise is really more about the PROCESS than the outcome. I often get stuck in my intellectual head about the outcome, when really it's all about the process...
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> There is no right or wrong about process, it is just the journey and where it takes you.I believe you're entirely right in everything you wrote. He is a big believer in things like nondominant hand writing, while I dislike it excessively. For myself anyway. I know others find it useful. It makes perfect sense that his rigidity about this is exactly what you say. Except that there is, according to him, a precisely right and wrong way to do the homework.
And I know he is doing his best to answer my concerns.
I know what you say is true. And it does help me.
The funniest thing. It feels like my family of origin is getting further and further away fom me in my mind, and my mind is going blank when I think about adjectives to describe my parents. I suppose I ought to work first on calming down.
Dinah
(I really want my therapist this morning.)
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