Thread: "parts" therapy
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Old Feb 06, 2012, 01:29 PM
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I have remained true to the parts and will tell my T if she gets something wrong about the parts. I think that it is important to keep authenticity when dealing with parts otherwise, they get buried and we are no further ahead. You may want to ask your T what he is seeing that you are not. It may be that the part is hidden from you but not necessarily from him. Your T may experience your parts differently so he may be more aware when they are present. Or, he could just have it wrong at that moment. This is tricky because we need help with our parts but we also want to please our Ts. I have told my T that I do not want to "create" the part when she wants to address them. I have to wait until they are there on their own. She understands and appreciates that I know the difference.
This is exactly what I am feeling. Thank you for putting it into words and providing your wisdom. I am going to save this to help me when I forget. I have a very hard time with inauthenticity so I wouldn't be capable of doing this anyway, I think (creating parts to satisfy T). I think if we had had more time, T would have asked me about my parts--who is available, do I have such and such a part?--instead of diving in so quickly and telling me what 2 parts were there. I look forward to spending more time on this in therapy.
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