Thread: The look
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Old Apr 21, 2019, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by susannahsays View Post
I don't really understand what people are talking about when they talk about being seen in therapy. It sounds like "seen" is code for "understood," but then why not say understood instead? I must be missing something. I don't personally feel like being eyeballed makes the therapist understand me.
I suppose the whole thing sounds kind of weird to you then. I used to think the idea of being “seen” was a bunch of hand-waving or maybe a fairy tale or code for something woo woo. I’m not sure now. I wish I could explain it better. I definitely don’t feel like I’m being “eyeballed” though, and I’m not saying that the look means that he understands me or gets me, but it’s kind of nice and gives me hope. And it’s still kind of weird to me.

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