Support From Therapist

[falling_wave]

For me I need her to really recognize my pain and give me tools to get out of it. I can tell when she is really with me in my pain and it is powerful. I think maybe when you are really in a lot of pain ask for her to have an agenda because you need direction to get out of it. That helped me when she gave me things to actually do and a plan. I felt there was something I could work with there.

 

[Kintsugi]

@falling_wave I think I feel that same way. I wouldn't have recognized this if not for this thread, but I think what I would want is for her to validate that I am hurting and that this is a real sensation I am stuck with. "Please help me out of this hurt" or "How do I get out of this hurt" would be secondary for me to "Do you see this? Is this happening? Do you see that this is my very real experience right now?"