Posted by Dinah on September 4, 2003, at 16:02:48
In reply to Re: Now about those tranferences......, posted by HannahW on September 4, 2003, at 14:04:32
Hi Hannah. Welcome to Babble.
I think you can maybe answer your own question better than anyone. Is it usual for you to be so obsessed with being friends with someone? Even someone who you think you'd like? If this is way more intense than is normal for you, you might want to think about the possibility of transference. As you can see it's pretty common and nothing to be ashamed of.
But if it's pretty common for you to feel this way about a potential friend, then there's no reason to turn everything into transference.
Is this an unusual occurance for you?
Be glad she stuck to her boundaries if she's now doing therapy with you. She'd have had to refer you out if you had become friends. And having a terrific therapist is just as valuable as having a terrific friend. :)
Have you ever read "In Session" by Deborah Lott? It helped me a lot in figuring out the truth of what I felt for my therapist and normalizing those feelings.
Dinah
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