I've had a good time working on some artistic projects today. And I ended up saying goodbye to somebody but it went very well. It was a very kind process. I have been seeing a student who is in training for a reduced rate for therapy about every other week and she has to take medical leave because she's in her first trimester of pregnancy and has been having difficulties with morning sickness issues and I do hope she feels better soon and I can feel somewhat happy for her but unfortunately I'm still not entirely healed about this issue and we both agreed it was probably better if I found somebody else to work with but everything was very kindly and nicely communicated.
Something interesting that came up in the session was she said she thinks it's valid if I have any bad feelings or or disappointment or jealousy. I said, I don't think anybody's ever said that directly to me like that. She has good psychology training maybe, huh? I said to her that I'm disappointed in patriarchal society when it comes to these issues. I said to her if I'd gone to a matriarchal church maybe there would have been ceremonies for all different kinds of women.
Maybe there would have been something in the service or in the community that said, sometimes there's people who don't have children and they thought they would, and they might feel sad about it, and we should help them. I said it would have been nice if I had been to a church that had a ceremony or a ritual like that and literally I never remember anything like that being taught to me when I was a kid; never.
I am also embarrassed, and really disappointed by how disrespectfully patriarchal society treats all kinds of women's bodies and girls bodies in general. It's f***** up. Anyways. I guess this was a good day for us to have this kind of conversation and to part ways in a fashion that was respectful and kind. She's a good person. Maybe I'll work with her again in the future.
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