Emotional session

aMember

Hello,

I am not sure if this will trigger anyone but it is about Ts emotions. I really saw them today.

It was a tough session, we even talked about it being a tough session. I looked up I saw him pause and turn his head, I saw him wipe his eyes. Now I know he is human, and it actually helped. I have been in therapy with him only a few months, I have never cried in session. Never showed even a hint. Today I didn't make it out of the building, his receptionist found me crying.

I'm so embarrassed, we have already shared some texts and I'm sure she will tell him.

Have any of you had experiences like this? Would you want to see how your T felt?

9/4/137:02 PM

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turtleMember

Hi A

That's amazing. He obviously connected with you on a very real level. It's good for me to hear this. I had a bad experience with a male therapist. I need to hear this sort of thing.

It's okay to cry. Do you know that?

9/4/137:05 PM

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aMember

Turtle,

I feel you I have had bad experiences with male Ts also. I saw that you are trying one again, good for you, I hope it goes well.

There is a connection there, I am nervous because I shared it in an email to him after. I don't like to cry, and especially in session. On some level I know it is ok, but there is still that No I cant. He was probably just expressing what I couldn't. But I felt bad that I made him sad, but in a way it helped. I feel like telling him, but afraid.

9/4/137:14 PM

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catalystMember

Hi ((A))

I think that's so sweet of your T. My T gets teary about connection stuff, too. Like, in a hard session and sharing and what have you. It freaks me out, and comforts me. Like turtle said it is okay to cry... I say this though knowing that probably the first two years of my therapy I rolled my eyes every time my T told me that. I hope you can tell him how you feel. That's the great fun of making a relationship w/ your T... you get to tell them all the uncomfortable stuff about it.

Bleh... I was talking to my T about this today. It's awkward, almost worse than crying is talking about crying.