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Feb 27, 2013, 07:37 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2012
Location: California
Posts: 2,248
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Originally Posted by Fixated
...At the same time though, she said she is going to stop trying to help me talk at the beginning of session. She said that almost none of her other clients have so much trouble talking. Said she doesn't think it's helpful to me when she tries to ease me into talking. The whole idea of this makes me panic.
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I really resonate with the whole issue of melding the therapists beliefs, personality, needs etc with the client's. Below are some ideas I have used. I don't know if they will work for others. Just thought I'd put them out there in case they MIGHT help.
One time when I was starting new, I brought some pictures I had drawn to talk for me. Actually, I can remember one time after I had been with her for a long time, I showed her a picture of how something felt, when I couldn't find the words. So if she is going to rely on you to start the session, do you think it would work for you to start with talking about somethign you drew - or a poem, or a picture you've seen that triggers feelings in your.
Would it help if she started the session with "What do you want to talk about?" and would she be willing to do that.
Or make it a script to start each session with "I want to talk about ______" even if your answer is silence, thought, body motions, whatever, until you find a word or she responds to something.
Hmm. I remember a group I was in for women in prison, and if the members couldn't answer the topic question, they were asked to just come up with one word. I was surprised how successful that was.
Just ideas.
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