EscapeArtist
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My hunch is these types of therapists are generally psychodynamic in orientation. Their therapy is based on the philosophy of intrepreting what you're really thinking and feeling based on how you act and delving into unconscious processes. So they kind of have the attitude of they know what you're thinking and feeling better then you do since you don't know your unconscious. I used to like that type of therapy but now im not so thrilled with it. I also hate it when I open up about something with my therapist that took a lot of courage to open up about and his entire response to everything i said is uh hmm.
Wow, either you guys have..slightly off therapists or mine is just really good. I love my therapist, she gives me her opinions, she never lets the silence linger too long, not afraid of filling it up (knows how uncomfortable I am), and always makes my pain out to be so much more than I feel it as, which is probably true, seeing I don't show pain to others. It's like she over-exaggerates to comfort me. If I were to tell her something that takes a lot of guts, she'd go "Wow, that must have caused a great deal of anguish!" really exagerate it like it was meant to be painful to say, which is comforting... Only problem I have with her is she keeps asking me "Do you want to be here?" "As long as you want to be here" "Are you planning on continuing?" as if I come off as a jerk or somebody who doesn't want to be there, when really I DO. I've only had 2 sessions!! It really gets to me, I feel like i'm doing something reallly wrong. ha.