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Old Aug 16, 2007, 05:57 PM
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pink, I'm so happy you had this great phone call. Sounds like it went way better than the session. I am not good at talking on the phone at all--very difficult--so good for you to get what you needed using this challenging medium.

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He asked me if these feelings were occurring during the session and I admitted, yes, that they were to some extent. And also that there are some angry things that I resisted, that I had wanted to say.
[Then I told him, "I know. You don't have to say anything." (Because I knew he was going to ask... well if these feelings were occurring in the session, then why the hell weren't you talking about them?)

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I sometimes don't realize what I was feeling in therapy until days afterwards. So you are doing great if you know in session what you are feeling. That's a big part of the effort. Now just express a bit more while in session...

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Then he emphasized I really want to see you on Friday.

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