Posted by emmanuel98 on January 8, 2012, at 18:46:48
In reply to Re: Ideal client » Solstice, posted by sleepygirl2 on January 8, 2012, at 18:31:14
My p-doc told me the ideal client is someone willing to change and grow in the least amount of time. I changed and grew very quickly and felt such trust in him. But now I can't let go and I'm afraid of losing his respect. I see him every other week for an hour. Last summer, I met with him and my DBT social worker and they both felt she (the SW) should take over primary responsibilty for therapy. I feel like I should stop seeing him, or cut back to once a month, but I can't. I miss him too much when I've done that in the past. I feel like I am no longer his ideal client, but am instead one of those "therapeutic lifers" Glen Gabbard talks about who can't let go.
Both he and my SW think I should continue to see him every other week and that, eventually, I will be able to let go gradually. But I've been seeing him for 7 years and I still feel so much emotion for him.
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