Private Entrance

I have been practicing psychotherapy for almost 30 years and yet I still find the act of entering into private territory so delicate a process. There is often a tension within me, for there is  a part of me that regards the rights of personal privacy highly.  Yet this practice of engagement is all about finding  entry ways and then waiting at the door for a gesture or invitation, whether overt or subtle and from there we are in it together. I know I misread at times and this is awkward and yet necessary. I need to be brave enough to make a mistake on the chance that if  someone is waiting for me in their private lair there is little doubt that I want to meet them there.