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Old Aug 12, 2008, 04:10 PM
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One time a while back I met my T on the elevator on the way up to his office, and he asked how I doing and said that because of our previous session,

"I've been really worried about you."

I felt really good about that, because it meant he had understood what a hard time I had been having (not minimizing) and that he had been thinking of me outside of session.

Another thing I like that he says, is after I have related some event or problem to him, he might say:

"How can I help you?"

This is both an offer of help, which I appreciate, and makes me reflect a moment and think of all his resources, and what he could offer at that moment to help me. Then I tell him how I think he could help, and he tries to do what he can. The whole sequence is great.
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