Posted by Tabßitha on September 27, 2002, at 13:27:29
In reply to The Case of the Pregnant Pdoc, posted by Ginjoint on September 27, 2002, at 10:52:05
I think it's totally normal to react strongly to an 3-month interruption in therapy. There's an emotional process of re-parenting that goes on in therapy. You get attached to the therapist like a small child feels towards its parents. It's supposed to be safer and more nurturing than it was the first time around, to heal some of the damage. It makes me a little mad that your therapist was coy about telling you. If she's experienced she would have known many clients would react strongly.
There's also the issue of being slapped in the face with knowledge of your therapist's life that you're not part of. My therapist intentionally tells me nothing about her life, to keep all the focus on me. I like it that way. Once after seeing her for many years I noticed she had a wedding ring. She's always had it, I had just managed to never notice! It was really uncomfortable to realize that she had a life outside of therapy, with other people in it.
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