[evahis]

I feel I am making good progress with my T. It is early days I suppose (less than 4 months I have had a T) and the last session something came up which brought up a reaction within me(I don't want to say what here) and she looked a bit worried after a bit and said that we needed to be careful 'going there' and that I needed to 'stay safe'.

It was reassuring to me that she is concerned about my safety but I didn't ask what she meant, could you give me some ideas please as I am new to psychotherapy and didn't want to ask her what she meant.

Maybe she meant that it was too early in the relationship to go there, it takes a while to build trust or maybe it wasn't the right time, maybe session was nearly over...its nice that she is conscious of these things that are needed for you to be safe. The best thing is to ask her what she meant because we would only be guessing.

[someone321]

My T was also saying few times that it is important to keep me safe and then usually I was responding that I am not in any danger In my case, she meant that I have a tendency to jump over few steps to get to the goal faster which is not always good and that some things should be taken slowly and carefully. The point was that I struggled (and sometimes still do) after the sessions so T didn't want to make it more difficult to me even while she knew that I was not in any physical danger... Maybe your T is a bit afraid that you might regret what you say or that you might have problems with managing between sessions?

[Perna]

It can be a fine line discussing difficult topics. If you get too emotionally invested in remembering/experiencing what you are talking about it can get hard to "hear" T and keep working with her because all your energy will be wrapped up in your head and what's going on inside you and you might have a hard time "getting out" and you might not be able to "let her in" to help discuss with you what you are experiencing. It can be like being thrown into the pool and, depending on the depth and how well you have/have not learned to swim/dog paddle :-) you could get in trouble.

Since it is still early days, you don't know one another well enough to know how to judge depth/how well you swim yet.

[RedSun]

I would think she means stay safe within yourself, - don't go too fast and get freaked out, and not be able to manage the emotions. Better to go slow, little by little, it can be very unsettling to be 'flooded' by past emotions and memories.
She sounds like a good t!

[lilypup]

I think she meant stay safe in your "therapy" mind. If you have ever been sui, she could have meant that.