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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
what if T's office is not really your safe place, because since the rupture (which is now back in the weeds) it's not what it was for you?
What if T refers to it as such but you don't respond, knowing that ? Does she need to know it? Does she need to know that I am always on my guard, yes even in there, yes even with her, although most times I am able to get over it and do the work I came to do?
No ideas on how she could make it 'THE safe place' again. She has tried hard to get me to trust her again, and I really appreciate it, and I think we work together pretty well. It makes me feel bad when she refers to my safe place and nothing comes out of me, not even a nod.  |
it does help my therapist and I when I let her know Im not feeling safe in her office. I have told her this for all kinds of situations... my being suicidal, or self injury urges and her office contains all kinds of things that can be used, the last session was very involved and instead of being there in the moment my head slips into the last session, or some sort of "battle" my therapist and I had in the past rears its head...the list goes on...
when ever I tell my therapist I dont feel safe at that moment in her office we either take things to a different office in the building or we take things outside, to a coffee shop, ...where ever I feel most comfortable.