Go you! ! ! Way to let your little light shine! ! !

For what its worth
When I've been honored with the opportunity to be part of a brother or sister-in-healing experiencing a breakthrough, I often find myself at a loss for words. I worry that saying the wrong thing will ruin the fragile moment. I figure ^it^ is not about me and less from me is better.

One of my more effective therapists told me that she considered knowing when **not** to speak as the one of the more important arts within the art of being a therapist.

what do u think about my therapist

I still don't know the woman, but if she told you it is okay to be emotional in therapy, I give her a hundred Brownie Points. In my broken brain, figuring out and sorting emotions is a huge part of psychotherapy.

I don't think you should be trying to control your emotions--therapy is where you can...and need to let it all out. Your therapist will not judge you for having emotions and showing them.

arfie what do u mean by the first one and i didnt let myself cry and why didnt my therapist say anything

Sometimes it is OK be with the emotion.it is imposible to guess why did she said or didn't.I think it would be very beneficial to talk about it with your therapist. Sometimes silence is worth a millon words.Other times we do need to hear some therapeutic words.What kind of therapy do you receive?

Why she holds her tongue at particular times is a fair question to ask your therapist. Again, I do not wish to speak for a person I have never met, not even if she sends me a waiver giving me permission to speak for her, but it remains a fair question. I know I've asked that very question of certain people and been asked, in return.

Speaking strictly for myself, I believe there are times when silence really is golden. When a brother or sister-in-healing are on the verge of settling something in their own heads, anything I might have to say is likely to do no more than disrupt the process. Healing is an inside job. I can't do it for them.

look up my therapist sydney madden and u will know

My search engine (google) brought up more "Sydney Maddens" than I care to guess from. Even if you provide me a direct link, a person's internet presence is guaranteed to be different than their Real Time presence.

I believe that healing is an inside job. The resumes and qualifications of the people on my therapy support network are nowhere near as important as what they touch inside my wounded heart.

What do **you** think of your therapist?
How long have you been working with her?

Therapy is the one place I feel absolutely ok to have a breakdown. It’s my safe place.

i have been with my therapist for a while now she also knows me sense i was 7 years old and now. i teared up in therapy yesterday but didnt let myself cry

That's a long time to know somebody. Do you feel close to her?

Inside my own skin, it takes more emotion to tear up than it takes to cry. The cry is just one of many ways to vent. It be the welling which gathers the forces and feels far more intense to my strictly personal senses.

yes i feel close to her and what do u mean by the first one

What kind of response do you want your therapist to have? Would you tell her what you would or did want? I think that would be a question to invest some thought into. I understand the need to want more to be said though. I am the type of person who can't stand silence in therapy sessions.

same here and my therapist knows me sense when i was 7 years old and now