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Old Aug 13, 2008, 12:20 AM
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SpottedOwl said:
I so often think of it as just T doing a good job, but I did a good job too!

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">You are absolutely right. The therapeutic relationship has two people in it, and it sounds like you are really contributing. Good job!
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Do any of you guys go over time in your sessions?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">We frequently go over time. So do the clients ahead of me, lol. To me, it is no big deal. It's just the way my T is. I leave monitoring the timing of the session completely up to him. I don't look a clock or a watch. He controls the rhythm and decides when to start winding down. If he goes over, that was his decision. Today, for example, we started about 15 minutes late. I don't know when we ended but I think the session was about 65 minutes long. I'm not sure, maybe it was less. It felt just the right length to me.
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