Yes, I´m a bit afraid she´ll act like my former T but I´ve now told her how I feel and I´m waiting for her response. I asked her if she wanted me to call her or e-mail her (as we now don´t have any more scheduled sessions as the evaluation period is over and I have to choose if I want to continue into real therapy) and she said she preferred e-mail.
I think I should be able to be honest with her but you´ll never know. It´s easier to speak about being open-minded, as this T did, and actually be open-minded in a situation like this.
Besides that, I don´t want everything to turn into an analysis as some things just have to be solved by the T says he/she´s sorry and to that an explanation. Everything in therapy doesn´t come out of the client having a certain diagnosis.
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Originally Posted by Brown Owl
You said you don't think its a good start to present things you are skeptical about or don't like. Perhaps you are thinking she might react to you like your last T did? Did you discuss this with her? I think it is important to be honest and feel able to say things you don't like, perhaps that is therapy itself? I don't have much experience of therapy - only my own therapist but I say really regularly that I don't like things my T says, and that I don't like the way we are working together, as that is how I'm feeling. I think these discussions are the heart of my therapy. I would imagine that most Ts are like my T and value these discussions. The discussions are really about our relationship and I am gaining huge amount from them, I certainly understand myself more.
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