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Originally Posted by growlycat
CBT T shares an office with some of his interns, including someone who works w/kids.
The office is small anyways So the bookcase behind where T sits is overfilled with toys, games, stickers, kids' books crayons etc. On top of the bookcase are three big teddy bears, that I am pretty sure make T uneasy (they sort of loom over his shoulder.) He has also whacked his elbow into the toy bins behind him on more than one occasion.
Last week, a small basket of mini play-doughs appeared within arm's reach on the side table near his clock. I was so tempted to play with it to keep my nervous hands busy. I thought he might get weirded out and ask me to put it back. I have really strong urges to see what else he has in the room.
We meet in the AM and sometimes his lunch or breakfast will be in a tupperware container, out on his counter. Or a couple of greek yogurts. I have the urge to get those bad boys refrigerated.
I'd love to be more spontaneous too! Not sure where it would lead.
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Thanks growlycat, those were interesting examples! I think maybe from what you've written, it actually helped me to see where it would lead! I'm not too sure about what playing with the play-dough would signify, but if you put his lunch in the fridge, maybe this would signify a desire to take care of him. To not be the person that causes his food to go bad because he has to see you before he eats it? Maybe that would lead to an interesting conversation. My thoughts are that being spontaneous may reveal what is in the subconscious, similar to the common technique in therapy of saying whatever is on your mind without censoring. But acting however we wish is a little different than talking, and I'm not sure our T's would want us to be spontaneous all the time. Or maybe there's just a difference between being spontaneous and being impulsive.