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Originally Posted by nicoleb2
My t just sits there and lets me experience my emotions too. If she can see that I am trying to push it away, she will ask me to try not to, but otherwise she sits there until i am done.
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Yeah, my T asks me not to push it away as well.
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Originally Posted by KazzaX
So its ok if they just sit there and do nothing? I would prefer that. I wouldn't want to hear her voice at all. That would spoil it.
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Sure. If that's what you need, then that's what you need. I do think asking her to leave the room would be pushing it, though.
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Originally Posted by KazzaX
Can the healing happen if she doesnt talk though? That's what I want. I want to pretend she isn't in the room and she isn't allowed to talk or even acknowledge that she is there. Only thing is, she is supposed to talk to me when im in snivelling mode because its schema therapy.
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I don't know about schema therapy, but for myself...yes, healing happens even when T doesn't talk. I get to experience my emotions and I have someone to witness them, and I'm allowing myself to be vulnerable.