Thread: Good Therapist?
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Old Jan 12, 2007, 05:55 PM
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The therapist is supposed to respond to you, it's your therapy, not theirs. So, your job is to give them something to respond to. You should start and take the main role in your therapy, discuss what has gotten you thinking and feeling during the week, what "adventures" you've had with other people, difficulties, etc. :-) Hopefully your T will pick up on your "affect;" how you "sound" emotionally, whether you are laughing discussing a funeral or crying over spilt milk :-) My husband was an engineer and use to go to trade shows to see "what isn't there" so he could figure out what needed inventing. T's are sort of like that; they look at your overall presentation and see where there are holes or excesses and try to help you see them too so you can work on changing things that aren't helpful to you. You can't "fix" what you can't see.
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