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Old Mar 13, 2010, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Solarwind View Post
what would you do if your T denies saying something that you *know* T said and it was upsetting?
Solarwind, that happened to me once in therapy. But my T absolutely denied he had said that. I didn't argue. I guess I felt that even if he did say it, he was now not saying it, and that it was more important to know what he felt and thought at that moment, rather than the week or month before. People change their minds and their words. I don't want to argue about who's right and who said what. It's easier to just start again from where we are at that moment: what does T think and say now?

Anyhow, that's how I handled it. Probably not very satisfactory, but it allowed me to get past it.

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