Posted by Daisym on January 8, 2007, at 20:39:24
In reply to have any of you read..., posted by wishingstar on January 8, 2007, at 11:36:08
I just finished rereading it. It is actually pretty good, though mostly from the therapist's perspective. I liked "A General Theory of Love" better, though not completely about therapy.
Just a word of caution, most of these books are written about the relationship being the most important healing element. If you don't have a psychodynamic therapist or an "enlightened" analyst, you may begin to feel a little bad about your own therapy - wishing for stuff that isn't happening. Especially if you have a therapist who doesn't hug or touch. Remember that the best way to deal with these feelings is to bring them up with your therapist, if you can. I used to say stuff and my therapist would say, "I don't do therapy that way." At first I was like, "well, OK then!" (It came up mostly around goal setting and me wanting to know what he thought I should do about things. He leaves a lot of that kind of stuff up to me.) But we had a lot of good discussions about fantasy therapy and the reality of the pain and work involved.
I hope you like the book.
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