Of course I think it's a catch-22! I've thought that ever since I needed to go to another T to "resolve the transference" I got into from seeing my first T. This is now happening again when I recently switched Ts. If I weren't in therapy, this wouldn't happen!!!

However, the fact that it happens to me, and that the transference I experience (or call it addiction or unmet needs) is so profound, is what does matter. It IS the issue for me, or at least one of my primary issues. Not everyone needs more therapy because of therapy. I know lots of people, even some on PC, who don't have that problem. I know people who see a T and don't have much of a relationship with the T at all, yet they benefit from the therapy.

For those of us who for whatever reason make the T so important, and whose therapy is about the relationship, it does seem like a catch-22. But a good T (I hope) is supposed to use the feelings that come up in order to heal the client's original wounds. Or something like that.