Posted by Dinah on March 20, 2011, at 19:26:40
In reply to Re: omg - timing of this article, posted by annierose on March 20, 2011, at 9:34:33
"A little while ago, at a dinner party, I met a prominent analyst, a Kleinian. He is the first therapist Ive known socially, and I confided in him. Id like to go back into therapy, but all four therapists Ive seen in my life have fallen asleep. He didnt laugh. Nor did he ask me how I felt. Instead he took it in, turned it over in his mind, then said, very carefully, Well, the common denominator here is you.
The comment lingered, as any stab wound to the chest would. Then, a week later, he e-mailed me a PDF. In the past I noted a tendency in myself to become drowsy with two patients, wrote the analyst Edward S. Dean in a now-infamous 1957 paper. At times this drowsiness became so strong that I desired more than all else that the hour end, that I be rid of the patient and could take a brief nap. I was surprised to observe that as soon as the patient left, I became instantly fresh and alert.
I think I'll never talk to anyone again as long as I live.
poster:Dinah
thread:980656
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