Posted by Dinah on September 9, 2004, at 22:29:31
In reply to not sure i can / should keep doing this, posted by shrinking violet on September 9, 2004, at 18:58:41
Cash in the chips in therapy or in life? I don't think it's time to cash in the chips in life.
Therapy is a tough call. My therapist told me once that my attitude towards termination was an insult to our work together. That a healthy attitude would be to be glad for the time we had together and to learn and grow as much as I could from termination as well as from the therapy itself. But I'm not gonna, and nothing he says is going to make me. When he tells me that he's going to terminate me a year from now or six months from now, he will at that very point cease to be my therapist and I'll walk out and I never want him to so much as address a hello to me ever ever again.
But I can't say I recommend my own approach to anyone else. I think the wisest thing is to learn and grow as much as you can in the time you have left together.
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