lilacbutterfly, I think the Gestalt empty chair can be very powerful. Did your therapist help out with a lot of prompts? Or pretty much just turn you loose? That's great it was so helpful to you in expressing anger.

No, he didn't help me out with prompts, really. But he kept talking to me the whole time telling me to stay with and that I was doing a good job so that I wouldn't get scared and dissociate (I assume). And I started out as if I was talking to him about my parents, saying "they" this and "they" that, but he very gently kept reminding me to talk directly to them.

lilacbutterfly