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Originally Posted by comrademoomoo
I was the someone else who made the teenage reference. I would like to clarify that I made that reference with no negative judgement attached to it. Exploring this teenage desire (if that is what it is) could be a fruitful bit of work; I don't like the implication that something "teenager-like" is something immature or a piece of nonsense frippery. Exploring our teenage self can be a way of accessing knowledge about our maturation, sexuality, passions, peer-led behaviours, etc - all kinds of really important factors which show in our adulthood.
Also, you describe how you would work with music in therapy and that seems to suit you. LT can aim to work with music in her own way. Being a musician does not give you special insight into the therapeutic benefit of including music in the therapy room, in the same way as art therapy is not the reserve of artists.
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Thanks for clarifying that--I didn't really see it as immature or "frippery" (love that word!) I think it could be valuable to examine. And one of Dr. T's focus areas in therapy is teenagers, actually. So maybe he's good at speaking to that part of me? I do feel my teen side comes out more with him, while ex-MC was more my child side. I'm not sure if that might just suggest a greater maturation in therapy or something else about the relationship (or both). Maybe it means that I need to talk about teen LT more in there? If music is a path to getting there, I think it could help. Tapping into my teenage self who published a fanzine (for a different band).