This is a great thread

I remember early in therapy I was lamenting that I had been so out of it over the weekend because of what had come up in therapy that I had just let my kids play video games all weekend - something I never do - and T just said "So?". It's so simple, but with that, he gave me permission to let things go sometimes, to not be perfect, to just let what happens happen. That really stayed with me.

Recently, when I expressed erotic transference to T, I later freaked out and left him a big e-mail and phone message. I told him that I feel like usually "Little Me" comes to therapy to be cared for, and that this time, it was like "Grown Up Me" was there, and had the ET, and I didn't like it. He left me a message and said "It's ALL okay is what it is. You can bring whoever you need to bring to therapy". Something about how he said it was so reassuring, and really made me feel like whatever comes up in therapy really IS okay.

There are so many of those moments - and they are all so simple but somehow so profound at the same time.

I'm looking forward to reading more responses to this thread!