Posted by widget on February 5, 2007, at 17:05:08
In reply to Re: from Ms. Schmidt: therapist self disclosure » widget, posted by ShortElise on February 5, 2007, at 13:58:38
oh, thank you for the validating response. Your advice is good but extremely hard to take. I, like so many others who write here, am so afraid of offending my psychiatrist. No doubt, this is due to my fear of abandonment. Perhaps I should prepare something in writing because when I am there, I can never think of all the coherent points I'd like to make. On the good side, he has assured me he will not abandon me ever. That is a good thing.
Also, a few sessions after I told him my feelings, he sought supervision from his analyst because he said transference is incredibly important but therapists sometimes do not get enough experience with it and he wanted to make sure he did it right. I was flattered that he contacted this analyst about me especially since he had told me previously he hadn't spoken to him in a very long time. Maybe his advice was to do what he is now doing. hmmm. Food for thought. Yes, I will always wonder what the hell he REALLY thinks of me but I am trying to accept that he will never really be totally candid. I know he doesn't wish to encourage me.
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