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Originally Posted by griffinp
Now that I'm facing early termination of therapy, I've had to face all my attachment/transference issues. I've been more honest with T about how much she means to me, and her response has been amazing. It makes me wish I had been more forthcoming earlier than now.
If I had known how healing and comforting it is to address the attachment issues, I would have done it much much sooner.
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that must have been really difficult, griffin, I'm glad it worked out so well for you.
this whole thread has me going "yes, yes, yes..." it's me, all over. And my T doesn't talk about things like transference, the therapeutic relationship, my issues with trusting her, any of it. I've been seeing her almost a year and a half and that doesn't come up, ever.
I have brought it up a few times, and she will respond in some way, but it is never something we talk about, not really. Which is hard, because in many ways this relationship with this T is the most intense relationship I've had in my life, ever. I have to be so vulnerable with her and LET HER SEE ME. When my biggest wish is just to be invisible and never let anyone see me, ever, but especially not the REAL me. Anyone that has seen the real me has hurt me. I wish my T knew how scary it is to me to be so open with her, how hard it is, how much it hurts, how much I worry, how much power she has.
I love what you said, Jexa, in your message to T. I am tempted to steal those words and show them to my T. You are so brave.
