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Feb 23, 2013, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jenluv
My question is -- is it reasonable to ask that he sit closer to me (especially during EMDR)? We sit about ten feet apart with a glass coffee table in between us (I noticed the glass because I've wanted to hit something a few times and glass is not a good choice).
So he can't touch me, but his words do wonders. Is it reasonable to ask him to move closer, or for me to move closer to him? He's very open to these types of things. I'm just gauging the rejection-factor on this request since I'm a bit sensitive from the (expected) rejection of a requst for physical touch .
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My two ideas:
1) If you'd be comfortable doing it, in session you could say something along the lines of "You feel very far away from me, and that's especially hard for me during EMDR"
2) If you don't want to take the risk of doing that in session, you could email him or leave a voice mail a day or two before your next session and say the same thing. Then leave it to him to figure out what to do with it. You may find the table moved out of the way and the chairs closer.
I did that kind of thing with my therapist, and it worked really well.
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