Posted by fallsfall on March 5, 2004, at 22:27:43
In reply to Re: I don't think it is :(, posted by Dinah on March 5, 2004, at 19:49:52
>But in the Dinah is a person that I would miss if I didn't see her any more, and not just for the income stream. He laughed when I asked that and said of course he'd miss me for more than the income stream. But they *have* to say that don't they? I want to *feel* it. I'm good at *feeling* things.
>I can *feel* that you like me. I don't *feel* that he likes me.
I *do* like you, and I'm glad that you know it.
No, therapists do NOT *have* to say that they would miss you for more than your income stream. In fact, in my experience, therapists *don't* say things that aren't true - they *don't* "lie" in order to make you feel better. Sometimes that means that they don't say things that we want to hear.
But, at least for me, it means that *if* my therapist says something that he really does mean it.
I think that you might *feel* his liking more if you didn't think that he had an obligation to "like" you. Even though you try hard to convince me that he doesn't like you, based on what you have told me, it *feels* to me like he does.
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