Posted by pegasus on November 29, 2004, at 13:50:19
My therapist is suggesting that we invent some kind of ritual in which I'll finally say goodbye to my old T. The idea is that after I've finished processing that icky termination, I can put some feeling of resolution on it with this ritual. The only problem is that I can't think of a darn thing that feels right. I could burn all of the notes I kept on that therapy, but I actually think it might be useful to keep those notes for future reference. I could make a little figure of him, and put it on a boat and float it down the river. I could send him one last email, saying that I know I can never say everything I want to say to him, but that I've decided to stop trying.
None of those sound quite right. Does anyone have any other ideas? While the termination was traumatic, and I'm still angry at him about how he handled it, I also feel quite warmly toward him and am grateful for what we accomplished during out years of therapy. So, I think my ambivalence is making me feel stuck with this.
pegasus
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