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Originally Posted by Squiggle328
I am thinking of doing something really different at my next session. Not sure she will go along with it. I would like to ask HER some questions. I would like to know how SHE feels about some things. I want to see that emotional side of HER. I am not going to attack her with outrageous questions, but I want to know: Are you happy with your life? Have you ever done something that you regret, something that has changed your life? Do you ever get sad and cry? What makes you sad? What makes you happy? What makes you get up out of bed everyday? Where do you see yourself in ten years?
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I've done this with my T a few times. I remember once asking him "what is sad in your life?" and he told me a little bit about his childhood and what led him to therapy. I felt honored that he would share it with me.
A month or so ago, we switched seats, and I sat in his T chair (which, incidentally, felt like the safest place I've ever been), and he reclined on the couch and I asked him lots and lots of questions...about what it feels like to be a therapist, what he likes, what's hard about it, what makes him sad...he was really open and honest. We never even talked about that session afterwards...but it just felt like something I needed at the time, and he was so giving about it.
When I have the urge to do something "different" in therapy, I almost ALWAYS follow it. Really. Even if it doesn't make sense. I think sometimes we know what it is that we need without really "knowing".
