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Originally Posted by Brown Owl
After my session this week I re- experienced feelings of trauma, which were awful. I want my T to express sympathy next week. People often say that Ts should give empathy not sympathy, I'm just thinking why. I'm expecting that when I tell my T she will jump straight in to trying understand why I felt that way and what I felt, and I feel that ll I will want is sympathy.
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No. All I ever want from my T after sessions like you had is understanding; something that tells me s/he knows I'm hurting and s/he's there w/me.