071: Breaking the Silence that Goes On Too Long

Play Episode 71 Here Silence is a critical and natural part of SE
sessions. And yet sometimes it can go on too long. The client can
sit there in silence while you explain things excessively.You as
the clinician can sit there in silence while your client talks and
talks endlessly.The two of you can sit in awkward silence not
knowing what to say next after you ask "what do you notice
now?"Worst yet, sometimes in Freeze/DVC phases the silence can
become terminal and reinforce the stuck state. In this episode I
look at some of the dynamics of allowing silence to go on too long:
including internal critical dialogue of the practitioner,
consequences of allowing too much silence and some solutions
to avoid it being problematic.