Well this was the 1st time I ever used the couch. I have spent almost two years with him face-to-face. My attachment to him is very strong, and we focus a lot on the therapeutic relationship; specifically, the total connection I feel when I'm with him. So now that you bring it up, yeah... it was pretty interesting to have that couch experience after so long just experiencing him in the here-and-how. When I slipped into that time on the couch, and when I came out of it, I knew he was there. He kept reminding me that he was. So I believe it was the connection that allowed me to go there. To feel enough trust and safety to be able to experience that with him....

Here is an intense quote I just found while looking over journal articles...

"the patient who loves and desires her analyst has an opportunity in the present to grieve all that has been lost in the past, and all that can never be."