hello all-
this past year i have encountered a certain, what seems to me positive and indicative of growth as a practitioner, problem. as my confidence in session and presentation in general has developed it seems my clients have begun to respond to me in a different way. regularly now, nay, almost reliably, clients are traversing emotional space openly during session. to my knowledge there is nothing i am doing to encourage this or suggest it except for just being me. im not attempting to psychotherapeutically care for these people in any way other than listening with my hands and ears, and total presence of course. while this feels positive and good, and dare i use the word, healing, it presents certain dilemmas.
a) time is an issue. when someone opens up dramatically, i dont simply nod and dig. i listen, this takes time, time well spent to be sure, but time taken away from the session. when there are others in line, or a pressing need to attend to i sometimes have to move much more quickly than i would like in order to complete a session. so the dilemma i suppose is this: what is ethical when the system has time constraints? tell them to set up other sessions for their process and continue where i left off (but to what effect?) or attend to the present moment and let the structural method suffer? how has someone else dealt with this?
b) should i even be allowing myself to be in this position? legally i would say no, morally i would say yes, as concerns efficacity i would also say yes. although i dont anticipate a psychotic break happening, are there any measures of protection i should be aware of, as much for myself as the client?
theres plenty i of questions i have concerning this topic, but i will leave this a general question to the group, and i would appreciate any thoughtful response.
hello all- this past year i have encountered a certain, what seems to me positive and indicative of growth as a practitioner, problem. as my confidence in ...
Hpk3rd@...
Sep 20, 2002 3:12 am
Dear Henry, As you may or may not know, Hellerwork was created by Joseph Heller, the first president of the Rolfing School, to be a form of structural ...
henry good question and one i have been working with over time. its great you create a space for your clients to express there feelings . i dont know your ...
Dear Henry, While I liked Dr Dohn's response (except the implication that only Hellerwork among SI schools deals openly with emotional issues - let's watch...
kinesis@...
Sep 22, 2002 2:01 am
Hi Henry, Glad your clients feel safe enough to share their stuff with you. It speaks well of the atmosphere that you and your office creates for them. One...
Hello Tom, I wish I could attend your Seattle lectures--I just got the brochure the other day. I already planned to attend Chaitow's seminar on the same...
Dear Henry, Tom, et al, I APOLOGIZE, I APOLOGIZE. I am a Chiropractor in addition to being a Certified Hellerwork Pracitioner for eighteen years. I ...
Thanks Reda, Your contributions to this list are consistently well thought out with much attention to detail. I'll bet your bodywork is the same. I love what...
In a message dated 9/22/02 3:01:51 AM GMT Daylight Time, kinesis@... ... hear, hear! thanks to all for your responses, i want to express my concern ...
Hpk3rd@...
Sep 25, 2002 5:37 am
In case you missed this: Seems this is a hot topic these days. Yrs, Peter ********************************** Integrative Principles and Psychotherapeutic...
PeterM54@...
Sep 25, 2002 1:47 pm
Dear Henry, Don't worry about ruffling any feathers..it takes a ruffler and a rufflee. One of my favorite book titles is Terry Cole-Whittaker's, "What you...
In a message dated 9/25/02 6:27:44 PM GMT Daylight Time, DoctorDohn@... ... this is an interesting take on the power of security in therapeutic ...
Hpk3rd@...
Sep 26, 2002 4:04 am
Henry- I appreciated your original posting and have very much enjoyed the dialogue that has followed. I felt it was important to respond to your posting for...
Lori Nelson
loranne@...
Sep 26, 2002 4:08 am
"In the beginning was the word" , I believe, is the conventional accepted chicken and egg explanation...................Thanks.............Jim...
I though the egg was the obvious answer, from modern genetics, the egg which spawned dynosaurs before evolution brought about birds and chicken from a branch...
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