Posted by Dinah on September 10, 2009, at 9:11:22
I asked him that, in context, not too long ago. Well, to be precise, I asked him how he would desribe me if he were doing the exercise he wanted me to do, where I described my parents. And he said "Oooooh no, you don't. I'm not going *there* at the end of a session."
Ok, fair enough. It is a bad end of session topic. So I'll ask at the beginning of session.
I have a prediction though...
He'll make every effort not to answer, and ask me what I think of myself. I'll insist that I know what I think of me, I'm asking *him*. He'll pull therapist's prerogative and refuse to answer until I answer. I'll fold my arms and press my lips together and (yes, I'll admit it) pout a bit. He'll sit in expectant silence for a while. I guess hope triumphs over experience. Then he might tell me I'm being stubborn. I'll say he's being unfair. Because if I say something, he'll just comment on what I said which is not the same as answering himself. Then eventually I'll mutter something and he'll say something that says absolutely nothing at all.
And I'll be left wondering what on earth it was that he didn't feel he could say at the end of a session. :(
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