Posted by pegasus on February 7, 2007, at 19:37:27
In reply to Re: bizarre coincidence freaking me out, posted by peddidle on February 7, 2007, at 18:19:07
. . . for understanding. It is so weird to find out that our Ts exist outside of sessions, isn't it?
I was actually thinking, before I figured things out, that I really liked this person and that maybe I should try to become better friends with her. We exchanged a couple of emails today, and we really do share a lot of interests. And I just like her style (gee, I wonder why?). But I don't think I could actually pursue a friendship with her now, with that kind of secret between us. Too weird. And I don't think I could be friends with her if she knows I'm doing therapy with her sister, either! Dang it! It's not *my* fault that they're sisters. ;)
And YES! I totally wanted to mine her for info about my T. When I started figuring things out last night, I almost asked her whether anyone else in her family was a therapist. It would have been so natural, after she volunteered the info about her sister. But then I decided that, no, that wasn't fair to her or to her sister.
I'm just lucky that I've never been paired with her for any of the "real play" exercises that we commonly do in these classes. I mean, I've learned quite a bit about the personal lives of some of my classmates, because of the nature of what we're studying. Right now I'm in a Counseling Techniques II class, where we actually pair up in counselor-client-observer triads for the whole semester, and actually counsel each other on real life issues! Talk about awkward if I'd ended up doing that with my T's sister!
Anyway, I'll be sure to let you all know what happens when I talk to my T about this tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if she'd already wondered whether I knew her sister. It's not that big of a program, after all.
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