1. Can you the therapist make being here bearable enough that I stay in this room the full 50 minutes and don’t bolt out of that door right now?
2. Read this thing I wrote but don’t talk about it mention it or acknowledge that you know it
3. Ok you can ask me some simple questions but give me multiple choice answers to choose from
4. I’ll talk about feelings oops you said feelings my brain has frozen
5. Dear therapist you are the most important person and I want to tell you everything about my life and then I want to move into your house and live under your desk
6. Right. Ok. Let’s do this. What do I want to WORK on in therapy despite the discomfort because I am finally realising you are a safe person and this is a safe place