Thanks for bring this discussion here Sister. I have one foot out the door and will be interested in seeing how this evolves.

My concern is reading about how the process should work may not allow the experience to evolve naturally. It seems kind of canned that way and who really knows what is real in terms of the process. Was it therapy produced or produced because it was determined the time it needed to happen per Hoiley... and not the client or the therapist.

I think that we need to trust our therapists to do therapy. I too bring things in from time to time... an article to discuss or whatever about a concept but I am leaving the process to the therapeutic experience. That is facilitated by my therapist and myself in therapy but he is the one that I trust to keep me on track or to have the perceptions as he knows me.... differently than I do and certainly better than Hoiley does..

Mouse...I was not able to open that but will try again later...

I do read also outside and come here and other places and yes occasionally they come in to session.... so maybe it is not all that different but it seems to guide some peoples' therapeutic experience.

But also, if I am not sitting in the session....how do I know? I just know we talk much of encumbrances to therapy and to developing a therapeutic alliance and depending it could be looking to someone other than the therapist for expertise...ok sometimes... perhaps. lol... but not as a rule.