<font color="blue">Thanks for the advice Myself.

I spoke to my therapist on the phone yesterday to let her know that I was almost hospitalised on the weekend, and that this near forced hospitalisation finally gave me the courage and incentive to really work hard on a particularly difficult memory that has been bothering me for the past month.

I told my t that I found talking about this memory next to impossible, but that I could <font color="red"> DRAW</font>, and that I had decided I was going to dedicate one hour each day, to focusing on this particular memory, and do a drawing about it.

And I was pleasantly surprised that my t was so encouraging about this, and told me to bring my drawings with me to our session on Friday (if I was comfortable with it).

This is the first time I have gotten the impression that my t is open to using other techniques than just plain ole talking, but then again, she does know how difficult I've been finding it to cope with this memory and talk to her about it. Maybe she's become more open to new ideas after seeing me struggle to get the words out in our sessions, and then hearing that I was almost hospitalised because of the flashbacks.

Whatever the reason for her change of heart, I am really pleased that she is so encouraging of my using drawing as a way to express myself! This will really be helpful to me, as so much of what goes on in my head, is so visual ... and not at all verbal - there are just no words alot of the time! Having my t give the okay to using <font color="red"> drawing</font> as a therapy technique, has really lifted my spirits and hope! My t even said on the phone that she has used drawing with other clients in their therapy sessions too (.. ... then again, I know the majority of her clinical caseload consists of children! LOL! )

I'd like to thank you Myself, for giving me the courage to address this issue with my t and to suggest trying a different medium in therapy ( or therapy homework ). It worked out better than I could have expected!

And you are right - the session really belongs to the client, and we have the responsibility for what we bring to the session ... and that includes our preferred methods for 'talking' about what needs to be explored.

Thanks again Myself. xxx </font>