Therapy 101

why are you that way?
and how has your childhood made you who you are?
and how would you describe yourself as a little girl?
what made you feel able to fully be yourself?
and how would you describe your growth over this past year?
she asks because it's a new year
and I try to hide my knowing face
when she goes into this mode
when
suddenly my therapist wants to get deep with me
wants to psychoanalyze me
wants to get into the past
and I let her
but am skeptical of anything she says, anything she asks
because it is so scripted and the transitions are so lumpy
but I am growth
so I allow it