I was reading a post and didn't want to hijack it, but I wanted to write my opinion about therapists giving interpretations. . . ]

I just wanted to say, Antimatter, that I absolutely love Bromberg's work. I think he is the most sensitive and open minded therapist in the analytic army of therapists! My favorite book of his is STANDING IN THE SPACES. When I read that I felt such a sense of relief and validation. In my mind, HE GOT IT AND HE GOT IT ON A VERY DEEP AND MEANINGFUL LEVEL! I haven't read the book you mentioned but I'll definitely make a jump over to Amazon to check it out.

As for the example you posted, I recognized it as something that Bromberg would advocate. He truly believes in the different self states participating in therapy . . . and many therapists missing their presence and contribution. I consider myself very lucky that I have a therapist who understands, on a gut level, this concept. I don't think that she's ever read Bromberg (not that I'm aware of anyway, even though I've talked about him in therapy), but she gets the concept of the changes and shifts in a client is not defensive or resistant, but self states.

Thanks for posting this!