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May 27, 2020 at 04:52 PM
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Does your therapist ever smile In sessions? How does it make you feel?
My therapist smiles in a certain way that I’ve only seen people who are assholes smile, or people who have crushes on other people. She’ll like turn her head and try to hide a smile when I say something. Even if it’s not funny. One time I said I didn’t know what I wanted to talk about and she stared at me and smiled really big for several seconds. It doesn’t really bother me. __________________ Ridin' with Biden |
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Grand Magnate
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May 27, 2020 at 05:11 PM
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She does when appropriate. We often will throw in bit of sarcasm and humor. She also sometimes smiles at the end of the session and is saying goodbye
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May 27, 2020 at 05:16 PM
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More like laughs ... lol. Especially when I’m talking about my job.
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May 27, 2020 at 05:43 PM
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Sure. Sometimes it's about something I've said, something it's because he's reminded of something else. It sounds like your T might be reminded of something funny. You can always ask, she might tell you.
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May 27, 2020 at 06:09 PM
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Yes. Pretty natural responses I guess to whatever is going on. We did a lot of laughing actually - we have similar senses of humor.
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May 27, 2020 at 06:11 PM
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I never looked at the woman that much. If she smiled or made any other face that I saw, it seemed like a ploy of some sort - doing empathy at me or trying to bond or some such nonsense
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May 27, 2020 at 06:44 PM
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When appropriate. We had a pretty funny conversation about motivational interviewing yesterday.
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May 27, 2020 at 10:37 PM
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Yeah. She likes to use humor in therapy.
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May 27, 2020 at 10:57 PM
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Yes,smiles and laughter. she and I laugh a lot.
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May 28, 2020 at 05:05 AM
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Rarely smiles since we've moved online.
But laughing a lot more, which shows another (i.e. human) side to T. |
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May 28, 2020 at 06:02 AM
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Yes, she does. I'm grateful for it, because it reassures me that some aspect of the connection remains.
It's a sincere smile. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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May 28, 2020 at 07:22 AM
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He'll smile and also joke around with me some. It helps me feel more connected. One thing I miss about moving online is seeing him smile when he'd open the door and see me in the waiting room. I mean, he still kinda smiles when I pop up on Zoom, but it's not the same. He is good at doing the smiling with his eyes thing, too (for those familiar with America's Next Top Model, "smizing").
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Grand Poohbah
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May 28, 2020 at 07:47 AM
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He smiles sometimes when I look at him (which is like once a session) and sometimes he laughs about jokes.
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May 28, 2020 at 02:00 PM
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My T has a couple of smiles with me. The glad to see me (after we’ve he has been away or something), the I’m proud of you smile, and the you’re being a little s*t but it’s funnt smile. They are all kind and appropriate to the situation.
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May 28, 2020 at 02:54 PM
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It would be odd if a therapist didn't smile. It's a fundamental method of human communication and for that to be absent in any kind of sustained relationship would be strange. Even my therapist manages to do it.
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May 28, 2020 at 04:39 PM
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I think so. I'm pretty sure she does when we say hello and goodbye. It would kind of be weird if she smiled a lot, though, because it would be inappropriate to the conversations we usually have.
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May 28, 2020 at 04:41 PM
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I think she does. I can't really remember, it's been so long since I've seen her in person. She usually has a "thoughtful" look on her face.
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May 28, 2020 at 04:52 PM
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Yeah--my T smiles 'hello' when we first see each other, over Zoom or in person. I guess it's a bit of an awkward smile but he's sort of an awkward guy *shrug*
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