The last time I heard that phrase, it was a few months ago, shortly after Info’s husband died suddenly, and I had some grief of my own I wanted to talk about and I told her that, since she was doing her own grieving. Her response was “I think I can hold that space for you.”

I took it to mean that she could keep her private feelings separate from her client’s issue even though there were obvious overlaps, that my talking about grief would not trigger her or affect her as a therapist.