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Testimonial from an intimidating client!
(Counterphobic Six on Enneagram, East-Coast U.S. on planet) Rumor has it, I'm accidentally intimidating. I don't abide by a lot of "female" social conventions, tend to say what I think without a lot of filters, am pretty thoughtful and relatively well-educated, and apparently carry myself with a sense of authority. That has made it difficult to find people to give me real, honest, direct feedback—to find folks who aren't taken aback by the strength of my emotion or my initial resistance to an idea. Jaya is here for all of it. She holds such stable space, and is willing to sit with whatever comes up. She isn't at all intimidated by me. I was able to get so much more out of our sessions than I did from several different therapists over the years. Neither of us had to walk on eggshells. She could just rise to whatever I brought in the door. It was a breath of fresh air, and allowed me to really trust her and sink more deeply into the work we did together. |
Client learning to trust life
(Four on Enneagram, West-Coast U.S. on planet) This idea of just being with indecision—no longer believing without question that everything should be figured out—is revolutionary to me. I do, for the first time in my life, truly feel like I am mostly okay with not knowing what's coming next. I am trusting that it may be difficult at times but I will be okay. My most hopeless, bleak worries about the future seem especially silly to me now, ever since you pointed out that my life has taken lots of twists & turns and I'm still here & fine. I swear this work has opened up so much for me—I took so many bad thoughts about myself for granted. I am questioning everything now: obligation, expectation. Yesterday I was buzzing around doing stuff and I was like, "What's different?" And then I realized, "Holy shit, I'm happy." |