[Mountaindewed]

Does your therapist ever smile In sessions? How does it make you feel?

My therapist smiles in a certain way that I’ve only seen people who are assholes smile, or people who have crushes on other people. She’ll like turn her head and try to hide a smile when I say something. Even if it’s not funny. One time I said I didn’t know what I wanted to talk about and she stared at me and smiled really big for several seconds.

It doesn’t really bother me.

[nottrustin]

She does when appropriate. We often will throw in bit of sarcasm and humor. She also sometimes smiles at the end of the session and is saying goodbye

[Flinders40]

More like laughs ... lol. Especially when I’m talking about my job.

[Salmon77]

Sure. Sometimes it's about something I've said, something it's because he's reminded of something else. It sounds like your T might be reminded of something funny. You can always ask, she might tell you.

[ArtleyWilkins]

Yes. Pretty natural responses I guess to whatever is going on. We did a lot of laughing actually - we have similar senses of humor.

[stopdog]

I never looked at the woman that much. If she smiled or made any other face that I saw, it seemed like a ploy of some sort - doing empathy at me or trying to bond or some such nonsense

[daisydid]

When appropriate. We had a pretty funny conversation about motivational interviewing yesterday.

[velcro003]

Yeah. She likes to use humor in therapy.

Yes,smiles and laughter. she and I laugh a lot.

[Rive.]

Rarely smiles since we've moved online.

But laughing a lot more, which shows another (i.e. human) side to T.

[LostOnTheTrail]

Yes, she does. I'm grateful for it, because it reassures me that some aspect of the connection remains.
It's a sincere smile.

[LonesomeTonight]

He'll smile and also joke around with me some. It helps me feel more connected. One thing I miss about moving online is seeing him smile when he'd open the door and see me in the waiting room. I mean, he still kinda smiles when I pop up on Zoom, but it's not the same. He is good at doing the smiling with his eyes thing, too (for those familiar with America's Next Top Model, "smizing").

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

He smiles sometimes when I look at him (which is like once a session) and sometimes he laughs about jokes.

[Omers]

My T has a couple of smiles with me. The glad to see me (after we’ve he has been away or something), the I’m proud of you smile, and the you’re being a little s*t but it’s funnt smile. They are all kind and appropriate to the situation.

It would be odd if a therapist didn't smile. It's a fundamental method of human communication and for that to be absent in any kind of sustained relationship would be strange. Even my therapist manages to do it.

[susannahsays]

I think so. I'm pretty sure she does when we say hello and goodbye. It would kind of be weird if she smiled a lot, though, because it would be inappropriate to the conversations we usually have.

Her most frequent expression is of confusion. I claim credit for that.

[SlumberKitty]

I think she does. I can't really remember, it's been so long since I've seen her in person. She usually has a "thoughtful" look on her face.

[chihirochild]

Yeah--my T smiles 'hello' when we first see each other, over Zoom or in person. I guess it's a bit of an awkward smile but he's sort of an awkward guy *shrug*