Thread: Great reaction
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Old Jan 24, 2018, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Breadfish View Post
Pdoc gave the exact right reaction to something I shared today. Sounds really silly, but I said/shared something and he took a sharp intake of breath (probably because he was shocked), then said/asked something, and that was exactly what I needed.
It - that breath - sort of said: "I didn't expect that. How awful that happened. I believe you." even before he spoke.

It was a good session all the way - I don't generally talk about 'connecting' because I don't see therapy as an 'the relationship is what heals' kind of thing, but I didn't feel all that 'connected' the last two sessions or so (felt he wasn't as interested in me as he always was. Not sure if that was a change of his behaviour or of my preception), and this session sort of reaffirmed that.

And what would you have experienced if his reaction wasn't quite "right"? Aren't you putting an awful lot of stock in a sharp intake of breath?