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Old May 17, 2014, 06:24 PM
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That's how this started. It was clear that we needed more time so that things didn't "leak" over so he offered to see me every day. Now things are not spilling over as much.

This is psychoanalysis but it is the new kind called Relational. It is very different from the traditional approach, much more focused on the here and now as the past bubbles up into it and very active and mutual in terms of the relationship. Not only do I trust the approach and him, but it is also helpful to know that he had to do his own analysis before he was qualified so he knows what it is like to go to therapy every day, to have memories surface, have transference reactions, and work through early losses. This makes him even more attuned than just trained. And he isn't party line so he departs when it is right.
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