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Originally Posted by amandalouise
Im not sure I understand this part of your post. therapy is in part about any problems that the client has had in the past week or two between one appointment and the next one. if you are not supposed to talk about things that went on in the past week since you saw her how are you supposed to work out any problems, feelings or issues that came up during that past week between appointments.
sometimes things that went on during the last session impacts how the client feels and reacts to things during the week from that session to the present one.
Does she want you to only deal with things you are doing that same day that you are seeing her? which would be the present moment during the time you are in the session with her.
if I had to live by that therapy rule of only dealing with the present moment my therapist and I would not be talking about anything because everything I bring to therapy has to do with what went on during the past week(s) from the last time I saw her to the present.
here we believe therapy isnt just about whats going on at this very moment. its also about what ever went on for our clients during the time since we last seen them.
So im confused as to why your therapist would place such a limiting rule that would prevent you from discussing what went on for you during the past ween between appointments.

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I don't think that is what rainbow's T is saying. My T has said the same thing to me. She wants to know what has happened. But she wants to know about how I feel about what has happened when I am sitting with her. She doesn't want me to tell her how I was feeling a couple of days ago since my opinion/feelings might have changed since then. She wants me to bring up my feelings/opinions about a topic in relation to how I am feeling in the session. If rainbow were to read from a email she wrote earlier in the week, it might not reflect her current feelings about an issue as they can change with time.