From my thread "Warm Therapy Moments", this is from my last session Friday:

I asked at the end of the session, one of my 'please reassure me' questions... "Am I doing ok in here?" and added "If I wasn't doing ok or if you felt I was not capable of depth work, would you tell me?".

She said I was doing fine like last week she said 'You are just where you need to be right now'. And that yes she would tell me.

I said good because I wouldn't want to be wasting her time and she said immediately, "or yours".

I said, "I want a grade!" and laughed! She did too, then gently said with such kindness in her eyes and in her wonderfully soothing and warm tone, "There are no grades in therapy.".

I knew that. But I wanted her to say it anyway. I didn't expect it to feel so good though. It had a feeling of intimacy about it that I just really really love.

ECHOES