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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
- (OK T, now we find out if you really read PC or not.)
Once upon a time there was a client... we will call him/her
who had a T ... we will call him/her
Therapy had been going on for a while, with some good trust, some good interventions, some good progress, and then one sunny day, decided to throw out an Ugly Truth (in Tspeak to be sure, but you know, somewhat along the lines of, you know what your trouble is? it's this...)
Well,  was totally blindsided and said No, I'm not like that, you don't understand.
and  smiled and said, I do understand, and oh yes you are.
no.
Yes.
And suddenly there was in impasse.
Before any time at all had gone by, poor became more like  and as the insistence went on, more like  and then more like  and sometimes even 
How can these two find their way to a happy ending? It seems a strategy or two must be found to bring this subject up less directly, approach it from an angle, as it were, for the sake of poor
does anyone have any good ideas? For things that are hard to disclose, PC people have said tht talking about talking about it is one gradual way to disclose... how about in this case? |
I would say, "Tell me what my trouble is again?"
"Tell me who I am again, so I will know next time I come to therapy?"
That would NOT go over well with me. I may not know all of who I am, but there is no way that someone else is going to convince me that I am some way or the other (again).
Take this seriously, and tell him exactly how you feel. Tell him this is NOT who you are, and if he can't see you any other way, then he needs to get a consult.
Tell him that you need a therapist, not a psychic. Tell him that his crystal ball just won't cut it for you.
Keep us posted.