Posted by alexis6 on September 11, 2004, at 0:30:26
In reply to Alexis,, posted by Susan47 on September 10, 2004, at 23:23:20
I'm so sorry you had a similar experience-I wonder sometimes if maybe it couldn't have been worse if it was drawn-out in that way. I can completely understand the intuitive feeling of needing to protect yourself from this person as well, and anything you did that made you feel that you weren't easy for him to work with was probably part of what protected you. It's hard to remember sometimes, I think, that their job isn't meant to be easy, and it's not our responsibility to purposefully hide traits or behaviors to make it easy on them. I don't think a client's transference can ever justify ambiguous and hurtful termination-it should always be regarded as a failure or limitation on the part of the T, even if sometimes they'd rather label and blame the client instead. I hope you've found a therapist who is better able to handle their feelings able to help you grow, I wish you the best :-).
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