Posted by Dinah on February 8, 2006, at 21:43:55
In reply to Re: Up and down and up and down and... » Dinah, posted by annierose on February 8, 2006, at 21:16:17
I'm not really finding I've internalized that. :( I may feel more confident that I can handle things without needing him. And I might not feel the intensity in sessions and I might wonder what I'm going to talk about. But that doesn't bring any feelings of safety or security. Just loneliness.
I am glad I went today. I now remember something that kind of slipped past me during the session because we were in the middle of something else. He told me that he had somewhere along the course of our therapy figured out that he was never going to terminate me for any reason and that therapy was only going to end when I ended it.
I think I understand his therapeutic reasons for that, what with my abandonment issues and all. But hearing him say it so starkly does give me a feeling of reassurance that discussing this frankly won't cause him to agree with me and terminate me over it. :)
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