Posted by finelinebob on September 7, 2006, at 1:25:54
In reply to Re: Falling off the pedestal, posted by Dinah on September 7, 2006, at 0:48:14
I guess I'm very lucky. I arrived in NYC and was asked by HR to pick a name out of a phonebook-like directory to choose my GP ... who happened to turn out to be both a gifted doctor and an extraordinary, caring human being. When I needed an T, he recommended someone who he thought unconventional and so, just like me.
I could not be where I am today without my T. And I'm proud to call her my friend as well as my T. I think we're gotten to a point in my progress, in our progress, where if she **didn't** have the insights into my that a friend would have, she couldn't help me as much as she does.
I came to therapy with a research background in psychology, so I know about "biases" and boundary conditions because I've had them drilled into my head for years. And my T and I tacitly know where they are. But they aren't close enough to stop us from going out on photography trips together or her treating me to dinner (it happened to be Christmas day, but she's Jewish/Buddhist and I don't celebrate holidays).
Then again, she was never on a pedestal for me. The university I got 3+ degrees from has instilled in me a sense of arrogance where I consider no one above me. So maybe it's not my place to be posting here anyway....
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