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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
i remember reading somewhere (Brene Brown? who knows) about how a mother acts with her very small child - the child doesn't get her own way from someone, say, and goes into a rage, and the mother reacts calmly, containing the child's frustration, until the day comes when the child can handle it for herself.
There were then dotted lines drawn to the therapeutic relationship. does that make sense?
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That certainly makes sense to me. I think a good example of my therapist containing me is that she said if I ever experienced one of my 'episodes' (where I lose control of myself and get destructive) in session, and say, smashed a glass on the floor, I could still come back the next week and nothing would have changed. She said I wouldn't be told off or punished and she wouldn't feel any differently about me at all. She would just be concerned about what made me do it and helping me to feel better.