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Originally Posted by sittingatwatersedge
has your T ever just cut off discussion of some topic saying that you are being resistant?
what would be the harm in talking about it? If something is brought up & T feels client is resistant, does that mean that the subject can't ever be returned to another day with better success (from the T point of view)?
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Yes, kind of, but in a gentle way. She's said something like "Well we aren't getting anywhere on this right now" or something like that. And/or point out that I seem to be rejecting my own thoughts, or try to explore what it is that keeps me from being able to look at something. I'm never offended. This is therapy
I'm often feeling frustrated already, so it can actually be relieving. And hopefully enlightening. And we do return to things, often.
For any Yalom readers, he talks about "striking while the iron is cold" which we do sometimes, and other times we jump right in while it's hot