Posted by mair on February 19, 2005, at 8:10:45
....something happened abruptly to your T so you couldn't continue with therapy? My T is getting ready to go on vacation and I foolishly told her that at least one time in the past, I got really worried about something happening to her while she was away. So she asked me what I would do if she was killed for instance in a plane crash. I told her that would just be the end of therapy, that I'd be sad about her and sad to have not been able to finish what I look at as a definable therapy process, but that there was no way I could start from the beginning with someone else.
We didn't talk about this alot because I don't think either one of us was comfortable continuing this discussion very far, but she did tell me that I'd need find a T to help me process my loss and that she was sure that if I found someone good, this would seemlessly morph into the same type of therapy I do with her. She said it wouldn't take anywhere near as long to reach the point with a new T that I am with her.
I didn't respond. Part of me was saying to myself "yeah right, fat chance" and part of me wanted to ask her for a recommendation of a good T in case that happened. That seemed too tacky and anyway, I think I was starting to feel superstitious about even having this conversation. We moved on quickly to other things.
mair
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