{"id":8051,"date":"2025-11-08T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcelone.centre-pensees.com\/?p=8051"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:09:50","slug":"and-if-i-dont-know-what-to-say-during-the-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barcelone.centre-pensees.com\/en\/et-si-je-ne-sais-pas-quoi-dire-en-seance\/","title":{"rendered":"What if I don't know what to say during the session?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you walk into the office, sit down, and the therapist smiles gently...<\/strong>
And suddenly, nothing.<\/strong>
A great emptiness, fuzzy thoughts, sometimes a slight discomfort: \u00abI don't know what to say.\u00bb<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n


This is one of the most common phrases psychologists hear during initial sessions\u2014and the good news is, it's perfectly normal.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Why is this silence so common?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you start a therapy<\/strong>, we often imagine that we need to \u201cknow\u201d what we are going to say.
But psychotherapy is not an ordinary conversation. It takes place in a caring environment where the pace, content, and even silences have meaning.<\/p>\n

Many people experience this blockage at the beginning of treatment, mainly for three reasons:<\/p>\n

Emotions rise too quickly.<\/strong>
Talking about yourself means exposing yourself. Sometimes, emotion comes before words, and silence simply serves as a means of protection.<\/p>\n

The fear of judgment.<\/strong>
We fear saying too much, or not enough. We fear \u201cmisrepresenting\u201d what we feel.<\/p>\n

The need to reconnect with oneself.<\/strong>
In a fast-paced daily life, made up of constant adjustments (and even more so when you live abroad, as in Barcelona), it is rare that we really take the time to listen to ourselves.
Silence then becomes a natural step toward reconnecting with oneself.<\/p>\n

Silence is not emptiness but space.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Therapy often begins where words fail.<\/p>\n

In today's culture of \u201cexplaining everything,\u201d remaining silent can seem uncomfortable.
However, silence during sessions is often meaningful<\/strong>.
It allows:<\/p>\n