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Re: Three days now » Dinah

Posted by Gabbix2 on September 3, 2005, at 18:03:31

In reply to Three days now, posted by Dinah on September 3, 2005, at 17:35:20

> I guess maybe he's thinking of me as an ex-client who's bugging him?

Dinah? I just don't think that's realistic. I know reassurances from me won't help, nothing really will until you hear from him. But you two have a history, he knows your fears, and that you trust him, you trust him to be honest with you.
If he's any kind of therapist at all, he would know that not being direct with you, if he considers you to be an ex-client, would be one of the worst things he could do. I don't believe he would do that. He knows that you're in crisis, and though he is too, he also knows that feelings don't just shut off out of convenience (or there would be no need for therapists!) so how could he possibly:

1. Think of you as an ex-client, when he hasn't told you, or in fact would have been leading you on by talking about phone or e sessions.

2. Think that you're "bugging him" at a time like this? Like your problems were serious enough to warrant his attention before, but now you should be able to handle things on your own?
He's very human, as you've said, but he's not stupid.

Time is relative in times of crisis, or when someone is busy, it can seem to be nothing when you're the one preoccupied, but forever to the person waiting on your reply. He's taken time to get back to you before, when things in his life were normal!

This is truly what I'm thinking, I would never say it, just to try and make you feel better.



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