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Originally Posted by SeaSalt
You've hit on something I've been thinking about. All this emotion swirling around the T/client relationship. And exactly how much is needed to further the therapeutic process in the right direction.
At this moment in time, I think for me to be able to accept a compliment from T properly, I would have to be at a certain place emotionally with her. And that kinda scares me. For all the joking I do about wanting to love her, I know that is a slippery place to be. Could end up being good - could end up being horrible. But at the place I am now, feeling neither love or hate for her (really not feeling anything for her at all), any compliments from her would be as you suggested and therefore unproductive.
I'm still tryin to figure out what T meant when she said that I was the most aware person she's ever met. I didnt take it as a compliment. She said it with a smile, but...  |
If your only three sessions into it right now, I think you have a lot more work developing your theraputic relationship. T's compliments at this point can be taken either way. They can be misinterpreted and misunderstood. Just ask for clarification. In the beginning I used to always follow up a session with...what did you mean by blah blah blah. And he would clarify. Normally he meant nothing, but I thought it was something huge. Trust your T to lead the way a little in the beginning. It's what I did, and we have an awesome relationship.