Treehouse, Mouse, Sunrise, Emilyjean-thanks for the warm welcome!!!

It's so nice to hear others talk about the same feelings! I'm like that too Treehouse, feeling a bit obsessed about it! Emilyjean, I think I find that approach very useful for me, too; I can't believe how much insight I got from just giving him my history-2nd meeting!

Sunrise, I can see why you think that should be a concern. But I think he really knows what he was doing-he's been a psychiatrist for 40 years, he's older, and seems highly skilled. When he did that to me, he didn't bring me back to an uncomfortable place w/trauma, he somehow just did it so I was brought back to the state of a child but w/o bad feelings (maybe I was actually 2??). Whatever he said, whatever he did, the only feeling I had was "being" as opposed to remembering bad feelings, being needy, little girl. I don't remember what he said when this was happening, i felt like i was in an altered state of consciousness with my subconscious wholly exposed. I'm thinking he either did that to induce the attachment and/or to see if I would 'take' to therapy with him; but he knew just what to say and do or what enviornment to 'put me in' so I wasn't feeling the bad emotions, just the little girl/needy feeling. I think that is when he just sat there and watched me for a while. Maybe the state began or progressed in the way it did when he quit talking. I remember him watching me carefully for a long time and silent, guessing maybe while i regressed? Just don't remember what he was saying to induce that state... I trust him 100%. I think he knew exactly how to do produce the effect he wanted and knew he wouldn't be potentially harming me.

I read analysts do a preliminary assessment first to see if one is a candidate for this therapy, and i think he'll decide this week if he can treat me, during our third meeting.

So from what I've heard here and elsewhere, it seems most see their doc quite often and have contact between appts? Is that usually ecouraged by the therapist as far as you all know? I did want to call him again.

And do they regress you all the time like that?!



I like these cute little smiles and stuff