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maybe... the feelings of disconnection on the background of trust was what enabled you to make some of those changes. maybe.

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Thanks, alex. I think that may be it. Somehow coming back to congruence seems so much more powerful and sweeter too after some dissonance. Maybe the changes would not have occurred without the dissonance in the therapeutic relationship. Interesting.

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Perhaps you are giving birth to something completely new with your T.

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Cool! I like that, pinksoil. The metaphor of birth is a very positive, life-affirming one. I hadn't even thought of that when I wrote it, I just said it because it was the nearest feeling I'd ever had before to what happened with my T in therapy. Maybe I will share the birth story with him, I think he might like it.

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The concept of a mystical moment has magical qualities embedded in it. I think the magic is the successful working through of the barriers to openness that blocked the path between you and your T.

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There was something magical. It's amazing what can happen in the room during therapy, isn't it?