Psycho-Babble Psychology | about psychological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Tabitha, I'm afraid that came out wrong

Posted by Dinah on June 17, 2004, at 8:23:41

In reply to Re: Rock vs Hard Place » tabitha, posted by Dinah on June 17, 2004, at 8:09:43

"But it could be awfully lonely to *only* want a therapeutic relationship in your life."

What I meant was to compare other relationships to your therapeutic one, and find them lacking.

I think maybe I get a really good view of this because after nine years, I think my therapist forgets sometimes and acts like himself. I know he never yelled at me and got as impatient in the first five or so years of therapy, or I'd have left him in a flash. Now he does act like his real self enough times, and I see him almost visibly recollect himself, and remind himself that he's doing his job as a therapist and put his therapist hat back on, that I really get a good look at the fact that having a friendship with my therapist wouldn't be anywhere near as good as having a therapeutic relationship with him. That helps me put my other relationships in perspective.

 

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Psychology | Framed

poster:Dinah thread:357301
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20040614/msgs/357507.html