ECHOES, I hope your session went well. I think I read a post you made in another thread saying you had shared the dream. Good for you--hope it lead to a wonderful session. Hope you will stop by and say more.
I haven't brought my child to therapy for a couple of months. Earlier, we were dealing with issues relating to a particular ego state of mine from when I was a little girl. I could call up this ego state at will when I was in therapy, so both of us would be there. Sometimes we would dialog with each other and I, the adult, would speak to her and then report back to T what the child said in return, so that T could hear the whole conversation. Or sometimes, at his request, I would let the child speak directly to him. Sometimes my adult would nurture the child, especially at T's direction. It helped my child to have my adult take care of her. It would not be possible for any of my ego states to attend therapy without me, because I, the adult, am the controlling ego state. I think this may be a little different from what you were asking (I, the adult, feeling like I am a child), but I think it is as close as I have gotten to being a child in therapy.
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