Thread: "parts" therapy
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Old Feb 05, 2012, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by lucydog
My T has "discovered" a couple different parts- a caretaker part and a more vulnerable part etc,
That is very interesting, as my T hasn't discovered any of my parts. Until now, I have told him about different parts, as they came forward and were there with us. I have been the discoverer? And shared the discoveries with my T. But maybe my T talking about a part B is a suggestion that part may exist? Do you worry that a T discovering your parts for you is kind of like putting ideas in your head? That you end up working with parts that are your T's creation rather than ones that actually exist? I like to think I wouldn't create ego states in response to T's suggestions...

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Originally Posted by lucydog
over time it has just become a convenient handle to address different thought processes
Yes, maybe T telling me there is a part B is his way of saying, "I wish you would think like this, instead of the way you are thinking"?
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