Friday, January 24, 2014

What Therapist Says


Sometimes things are different.

She says she will help me. She says things can change. She says things can be different. She says it like she means it. Like it’s true.

She apologizes for an infraction so minor, I am startled she says a word. Yet, in those words, she is saying mistakes happen, we can both be accountable, everything’s not my fault.

She says I can ask for what I need, that I can reach out in whatever way I need. She says I can call, text, email.

She says it is her job to establish boundaries so I am safe to do the work.

There is so much hope in these words, I can hardly believe them. Each time she says things I don’t dare to expect, I cry. She shows me a benevolence I barely recognize.

This is huge. Huge. I can’t say it enough. Huge.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.  -Emily Dickinson

Hopefully yours -

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