Posted by Emily Elizabeth on February 20, 2009, at 16:58:49
In reply to Q about appropriate t questions (possibly trigger), posted by petunia on February 19, 2009, at 18:51:51
I am a T (early in my career). Your post reminded me of some advice a supervisor gave me once: with PTSD patients, it can be very therapeutic to have them describe the trauma in great detail, as a way to unburden them. That way they won't feel like that they are holding some terrible information all by themselves. BUT, that is done very purposefully, with the client consenting to the experience. AND it wouldn't be done in the intital session. So, my two cents is that, at the very least, it was poor judgement. I mean why would you want to share something so painful with someone who is still a stranger? It's not like you had an established relationship! I don't think he's a pervert or anything, but may not be very sensitive. If you are limited on your choices of T's, I agree with the others that said to talk to him about it.
Good luck. I hope that everything works out.
Best,
EE
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