This is one of my favorite moments of the session. Not quite like anything else.

I usually don't go to therapy with an agenda, but my T does expect me to choose what we talk about, because it's my therapy--it wouldn't be that helpful to me if we talked about what he thought was important. He is very patient, so if I don't know what to say at first, he will wait it out and we sit in silence until I can find what to say. He looks at me expectantly, and sometimes he says, "I'm all ears." The expectant look is great because it is just so welcoming, "I am ready to hear whatever you have to say," it seems to be saying. I do find that expectant look helpful, so I guess T is helping me talk.