The Therapy Olympics

Pinksoil:

Gold Medal in: the "Making an *** of Yourself" category.

Silver Medal in: the "Erotic Transference" category

Bronze Metal in: the "Expression of Anger " category

T:

Gold Medal in: the "Saying the Most Simple Thing in the Most Convoluted way, So That it Becomes Completely Inomprehensible" category.

Silver Medal in: the "Most Accepting" category

Bronze Medal in: the "Sock and Outfit Matching" category

LOL.... what did you and your T win medals in?

lol

Kiya:

Gold Medal in the "going to the ER and following through with scheduling a bunch of scary exams" category.

Silver Medal in the "I didn't finish my T homework for this week, but at least I started it" category.

Bronze Medal in the "Coping without T" category.

T:

GOLD Medal in the ' "I' WILL be in touch with you this week" and NOT doing so' category.

Silver Medal in the "actually answering the phone while on vacation" category while I was standing in the ER lobby.

Bronze Medal in the "You haven't let me know you're back or even checked in on me" category.

Miss: Gold in phone calls directly after session
Silver in quitting therapy when freaked out
Bronze in dissociating in session

T

Gold in changing clothing during session

Silver in pulling me back from dissociated spaces

Bronze in confusing the crap out of me

changed clothes IN session??

seriously....during a session?? spilled coffee?? mismatched socks? gotta know!

Pink How very clever!! hahaha

Have to think on this!!!
Thanks!! LOL

Skeksi:
Gold medal in dissociating in session
Silver medal in being unable to speak
Bronze medal in embarrassment

T:
Gold medal in learning to avoid pushing me
Silver medal in learning to be quiet with me
Bronze medal in being respectful

JustForToday:

Gold Medal: "Changing the Subject"
Silver Medal: "Using Up All theTissues"
Bronze Medal: "Fidgeting and Squirming"

T:

Gold Medal in: "Bringing the Subject Back"
Silver Medal: "Allowing the Client Extra Time"
Bronze Medal: "Doorknob Therapy"

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Gold Medal: "Changing the Subject"

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Oh, we may have a tie here! Mind if I share the podium with you?

Sunrise:

gold medal in: dreams
silver medal in: attachment
bronze medal in: crying in session

Sunny's T:

gold medal in: warmth
silver medal in: not calling me when he says he will
bronze medal in: starting and ending sessions late

For those of you who were wondering about T changing clothes:

Once during the first year of my therapy, we were in the midst of a pretty heavy conversation and, continuing to talk, T just stood up, walked over near his desk, picked up a bag, pulled out a vest and put it on. Then, continuing to talk, he sat down. It was truly bizarre, as if nothing unusual was happening, no mention of it.

I remember at the time I told a friend about it and we laughed and laughed. In retrospect I guess it's not so strange but the fact that he didn't mention it, didn't say excuse me or anything is what made it so strange. What does he have...a bag of vests handy? What's next--tank tops? Speedo?

lol, MissCharlotte, yesterday at therapy my T had this sweater-vest type thingy on (one that is not a pullover but open in front). I had never seen him wear this before. It turned suddenly cool yesterday after several days of 90 degree weather. My guess is T has a "vest bag" in his office so he can put one on if he gets chilled. I think he must have attended the same therapist school as your T.

Earthmama:

Gold - E-mails Between Appointments
Silver - Chair changes during session (sitting on couch, laying on couch, sitting on floor, etc. etc.)
Bronze - Transitional objects

T:

Gold - Meeting needs
Silver - Playing during session
Bronze - Post-appointment voice mail messages

Olympic Medals in Therapy:
Me:

Gold for longest record of time with T - 14 plus years

Silver for taking myself too seriously

Bronze for being completely intense for the longest time

T :

Gold for Almost Inhuman Patience in working with client

Silver for versatility in trying new approaches with Client

Bronze for bulldog persistence in pursuing the issues (in
spite of client's dogged attempts at evasion)

Thanks to the Committee for their efforts at objective medal awards!

Leslie =)

Guess what? I "awarded" my T his medals today, lol. And then I kept added them on whenever he would do something that annoyed me (which actually wasn't that much today, surprisingly).

Under his breath, T said, "I can't wait until the Olympics are over."

To which I answered, "Yeah, but then you will have to get ready for my post-Olympic coverage."

lol

Pinksoil,

That was really funny. I may have to think about awarding my T also, I'm just not one hundred percent sure I want to do that.

Love the "post-olympic coverage" - sounds like you and T have a good working relationship!

Leslieann

....yesssssss GOLD in T starting and (thankfully) ending sessions late

Pinksoil,

I will share the podium for "changing the subject" with you if Multipixie9 will share the silver podium with me for "taking myself too seriously"!!!!

I love this thread, Pink! ROFL

Soliaree:

Gold Medal in: the "Hopelessly Attached to T" category

Silver Medal in: the "Tested T with a Wide Variety of
Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms" category

Bronze Medal in: the "Creatively Driving T Crazy While Begging Him to Stay" category

Soliaree's T:

Gold Medal in: the "Not Abandoning Me in Spite of my Idiocy" category

Silver Medal in: the "Having the Most Soothing, Anxiety-Reducing Voice" category

Bronze Medal in: the "Wearing an Ego-Dystonic Tie" category (he wears a tie with a black sheep yet claims he is the white sheep of the family, lol)

***NEW COVERAGE***

Looks like my T ended up competing in an additional event, which was the "Vacationing Competition"

He won three medals!

GOLD in the "Not Processing the Absence in an Efective Manner (or at all)" category

SILVER in the "Letting Countertransference Get in the Way of Helping the Patient Process the Absence" category

BRONZE in the "Forgetting to tell the Patient Exactly When The Return Date is, Until the Last Session Before the Vacation" category

My T is truly a spetacular athlete. May we see him in the summer games in 2012. Watch out, London.

Oh, I just won an extra gold medal in the "sarcasm" category.

::looks up at the American flag as the National Anthem plays::

Chaotic:
Gold medal: withholding critical information
Silver medal: disclosing critical information from safety of computer
Bronze: squirming on the ugly couch

T
Gold Medal: giving me her private email address
Silver medal: directly handling ruptures
Bronze: using colorful language

Aaaaaaand in tonight's Games we have:

Kiya:
Gold: Heart hammering when T says "I will have Benedict stay with you FOR NOW because you have a trying week ahead" *gulp!*

Silver: Not keeping a straight face during classic T-language *see below.

Bronze: pretending like it didn't bother me one bit that T was gone for 2 weeks. *shifting of eyes to see if anyone caught me bluffing*

T took medals tonight in the followng:

Gold: Using classic T-language "Can you talk more about that, Kiya, about the nervousness?"

Silver: Telling me she WILL be in town next week due to change of plans =)

Bronze: For seeing me roll up my typed notes about the week that I usually hand in and following them with her eyes while I slip them into my bag - without saying a word.

Hallie:

Gold: Giving up on everything

Silver: Not having a topic for sessions

Bronze: Throwing pity parties and wallowing in my own self-pity each night

T:

Gold: Pointing out when I am uncomfortable and hesitant about a particular subject.

Silver: Always giving homework assignments

Bronze: Telling Hallie personal past struggles so she knows shes not alone with the hopeless feeling in sessions.

More medals from last night and tonight

Sunrise

Gold: 3 different therapists in 3 days (a hat trick!)
Silver: Efficient communication of information to brand new therapist
Bronze: Listening

Sunrise's T

Gold: self-disclosure
Silver: sitting with strong emotion
Bronze: expressing gratitude