Posted by emmanuel98 on May 23, 2012, at 19:31:40
In reply to Re: What are you STILL doing in therapy?!, posted by annierose on May 23, 2012, at 6:45:44
I see a DBT therapist for an hour a week. Last summer, I met with her and my p-doc (whom I had seen for therapy weekly for 6 years) and they both felt she should be the primary therapist, him seeing me just for support until I could give him up. A year later, I have gone from seeing him for an hour weekly to seeing for a half-hour every other week. I feel we are no longer doing work together, just checking in, but I need him in my life. He is 73 and, though he has no plans to retire, will eventually retire or be forced to stop by health problems. He asked me what I would do if that happened and I said I'd just have to accept that loss in my life. I would just have to learn to accept it, but it would pain me terribly. So I see him because I want to and I feel I need to, but in truth I need to learn to let him go. I'm just not ready yet.
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