In this technique, two chairs are placed facing each other:
one represents the patient or one aspect of the patient’s personality, and the
other represents another person or the opposing part of the personality.
Narrator
He loved her.
She loved him.
More than anything in
this world. She felt that he was her man and he was irreplaceable and
priceless. Slowly he started pacing out steps to end the relation. She was
distraught with anguish. She was so inconsolable and here she is…..
Counselor- What has brought you here, my
dear?
Gal (Stammering)- I… I…. I am
heartbroken, crestfallen with grief. He, who I thought was the light of my
life, left me.
C- I know it is hard to cope up.
Did you try to speak with him?
Gal- No. I can’t face him. I’ll
feel like burning into cinders.
C- I think you should talk to
him. What did he tell as the reason for the break-up?
Narrator
She thought she was
his bonnie may. Until she started
getting hints of him being unfaithful. He was seeing another girl who worked in
the same office as he was. His phone calling intensity had dropped down.
Whenever she messages him, she gets delayed responses. He would take ages to
reply messages on Whatsapp despite being shown online. Jealousy had sparked
upon her.
It felt it would go
smooth until that fateful Facebook status update came. The war was waged and
they broke up. The more the lovers become involved in a romantic relationship,
the more attached they are and the stronger feeling of sharing fate between
them. At times, it becomes difficult for them to detach from each other.
C- How are you feeling right
now? (Counselee fidgeting with fingers)
Gal- I am feeling bad.
Frustrated at the moment (Looking down, eyes were moist)
C- What is the frustration like…
for you?
Gal- Its just.. I can’t explain.
It has been pricking my heart for a long. I can’t just come out of him.
C- Can you just tell me where
the epicentre of the feeling is?
Gal: I just feel like a weight
being carried on my chest, day in and out and it is burrowing in into my heart
with agony.
C- Dear, Let me initiate a mechanism where I am going to
make you introspect on your past life. I want you to focus on that empty chair
and visualize seeing him here. I want you to talk to him. Tell him that you want
to throw him out of your life.
Gal- With you out of my life, I
feel lost. You just did not know how much I loved you. You took me for granted
and took me out of your life. I must tell you that I am throwing you out of my
life.
C- Now I want you to take his
place and then have a conversation with the girl. The responses that you
actually got from him.
Gal-(shifting to the opposite chair and composing her into a manly
demeanour)
I must say that you have been
nagging me all along. You have been interfering too much in my life. Expecting
me to call and message you all day without having my personal space. I need
some air in my life. I cannot be with you, a person so intrusive into another
person’s life.
C- This is an opportunity. (pause) You can vent all of your anger
on him
Gal- (With a glitter in the eye) With you out of
my life, I feel lost. You just did not know how much I loved you. You took me
for granted and took me out of your life. I must tell you that…..(pause) I AM
THROWING YOU OUT OF MY LIFE.
C- How are you feeling?
Gal- I am feeling better.
C- Can you explain the feeling
of ‘being better’?
Gal- I feel like I have heaved off some burden off my chest.
I think I will be at peace now.
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