Yes mine does but she knows I read a lot and am interested in psychology.

A session or two ago we were talking about holding on to good feelings, taking from a relationship the good things about the relationship or the other person. She was talking about how a young child might sound like their parent(s) in their play or inerractions with others, and I said that was the child internalizing the parent? She laughed softly and said Oh I forget you know some of the terms.

But some of the simplest stuff I can get hung up on and I can't decide at the moment if I understand it, so I have to tell her that then. Most often I say, I'm not sure I'm following you, getting that. And she is glad to say more.

I'm awful at the basics, knowing, naming, and understanding my own emotions. But then that's why I'm there talking to her