Posted by Dinah on June 18, 2009, at 22:26:53
In reply to Re: Progress, maybe, posted by TherapyGirl on June 18, 2009, at 19:30:57
It sounds like progress to me.
It's generally at that point of self awareness that my therapist stops being a jerk and starts being my therapist again. It's a shame she came to that understanding right before a vacation. Hopefully she'll think on it now and again before she comes back.
I think it's interesting that she says she's been seeking consultation. On the one hand, that's good because it indicates that she understands the importance of this, and that she has you in her thoughts. But it's bad because after twentyfour years you guys have worked out your own balance of boundaries, and no outsider can perfectly understand that or advise with that in mind. And very few therapists really understand what a twentyfour year therapy relationship is like, even allowing for individual differences.
I really do hope she holds on to the understanding that she is being different from what she ordinarily is right now, and in a way that is not helpful to you.
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