Thanks for the encouragement, everyone!
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Originally Posted by sunrise
Do you think your T would not be accepting if you just brought your collage in without having talked to her about it? Maybe you could bring it in a folder and not show her right away, but talk about it first, and then reveal it. I think your collage sounds very cool and I hope you can share it with your T.
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I think my T would be accepting - I think it's just me, the planner, wondering if I should mention it before I bring it in to see what T's initial reaction is, maybe for fear of her rejecting the idea, though I truly do think she'll like it. I've shown T a few pictures, and she's seemed to really enjoy looking at them. I think if I were a T, I'd be so curious to know what my patients' friends and families looked like that they talk about all the time, and also what my patients looked like when they were children! I really think it will be a good tool not only in bringing up topics for therapy, but in further evolving my relationship with T.
I can't bring it in a folder, unfortunately - it's on a huge piece of foamboard, so T would notice me carrying it right away.
I thought about doing separate, smaller collages, and then decided to just put it all on one enormous collage - I brought a piece of foamboard home from work that no one needed anymore. I'm excited - today's the day I'm going to lay it all out! But I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't finish it today. I don't want to take it into T tomorrow anyway, I have too much I want to discuss!
But it's a 2-session week, thank goodness, so I'd like to bring it in on Wednesday if it's done by then.