Posted by DAisym on October 9, 2008, at 0:04:43
In reply to Re: Very awkward experience » Wittgensteinz, posted by lucie lu on October 8, 2008, at 12:07:23
Witti,
My therapist's wife works next door in one of "their" offices. I see him in two offices and he knows I love one and not so much the other. They rotate their schedules - I think she starts on the half hour and him on the hour - most of the time so that they don't both go get clients from the waiting room. But - I seem to run into her ALL the time - coming across the parking lot, going up the stairs, or down or in the ladies room. And I'm there enough (5 yrs, 4x week) that she must know I'm one of *his* clients by now.
Mostly I deal with it. It is very hard when I get totally frustrated with it, or weirded out and I need to tell him this -but she is right next door! I feel so invaded sometimes. We talk about it a lot and it ebbs and flows. Tuesday I had a hissy about not being allowed to care about him now that I'm in a "real" relationship, etc. etc. and I left in tears - only to run into her. I felt like an idiot. Of course I'm not allowed to care about her husband like this. And of course I am and she's a therapist so she'd understand, I hope.
It is all so complicated. I hope you find a way to tell your therapist that you don't feel completely safe right now. I bet he can help you with this.
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