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the chance to read aloud what had been discussed in our last session, what I9d
thought about since then, and without an invitation to collaborate on what was
important for us to cover that day.
Starting the conversation without reading a letter made me, in a way, a halftherapist. Or, at best, a three-quarters therapist.
Especially if I came rushing in from a supervision session out in the city, it could
easily take the first fifteen minutes of the session to get back into the
conversation, remember what we talked about last time, what made an
impression on me, and the shifts that had occurred. This resulted in 45-minute
sessions where I was fully present as a therapist. So, it wasn9t long before I started
reflecting on how I could regain my full therapeutic presence: How could I be a
one hundred percent therapist for the 60 minutes a session lasts?
At the same time, I also found myself looking with concern at my calendar and the
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