Thread: why is it OK?
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Old Apr 16, 2010, 08:41 PM
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SAWE, those are such great questions about anger. Have you asked your T those questions? I bet it would be a good discussion. I would be interested to hear what she said. My T hasn't said that to me, but I have been angry at him at least twice, maybe more, and expressed it, and he thought it was great! I think he would be fine with it because it is genuine, and he is big on authenticity. I tend to be rather reserved and contained, so it would be like a step forward if I let anger out. Feeling angry is very scary to me, so if I can experience it in therapy, where it is safe, then maybe I can get over the fear. Maybe it's a bit like exposure therapy, but instead of exposing the client to snakes or spiders, you expose them to their own anger.
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