Comments on: A failure of curiosity

By: castorgirl

castorgirl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:43:03 +0000

Hi Hope,

Expressive forms of therapy are so powerful for some people. I know it doesn’t suit everyone, but I often find that I can express in other ways things that I could never verbalise.

Even if you’re not ready to talk about things in detail, having a therapist who is skilled enough to understand where you are coming from is a huge advantage.

Take care,
CG :)

By: Hope

Hope — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:07:54 +0000

Hey CG,

This post is very intresting. I have a therapist specalizing in DID I have been with her for almost two years. I do feel/act like I’m bored in therapy because I am not ready to talk about abuse stuff in detail yet. But my therapist sees right through that everytime. I like working with her but I’d much rather just stick with expressive therapy because there’s less talking involved.

Take Care, Be Well.

Hope

By: castorgirl

castorgirl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:05:05 +0000

Anytime Kerro. I found the article helped me to understand different things that I do and how the therapist deals with those actions.

Take care,
CG :)

By: castorgirl

castorgirl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:03:52 +0000

I know, that’s sort of why I’ve been hassling you about with finding someone new :) You deserve someone who can really help you, not soothe or agree with you because it’s an easier option. Some of that is good, but not all the time.

Take care of you…
CG

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:59:39 +0000

My therapist doesn’t have that skill

By: Kerro

Kerro — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:23:42 +0000

I’d never thought of the banter as self-protection, but of course, that’s right. Very interesting, thank you.

By: castorgirl

castorgirl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:36:51 +0000

I thought it might be familiar Amy :) I think we all do it to some degree. This is where the skill of the therapist comes in – to ease us out of that place of deflection.

By: castorgirl

castorgirl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:26:58 +0000

I wonder if protecting the therapist is secondary to protecting ourselves? It appeared to be for this client, and is the case for me… it’s about self-preservation first.

Good luck with the packing and moving :)

By: Ivory

Ivory — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:12:57 +0000

CG, thanks for posting about this. I’m packing to move and haven’t had time to do the research. Very interesting, tho, as I just commented on another blog that we shouldn’t try to protect the therapist and then I wondered why I do it anyway! This is a pretty complicated issue, isn’t it. And I have therapy this afternoon…

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:11:06 +0000

This all sounds very familiar to me. It sounds like an interesting article