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Old Oct 17, 2010, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mixedup_emotions View Post

I don't want to feel upset towards T as if he "did something wrong"
mixed, he did do something wrong. what he's doing is unethical but that doesn't make him some horrible person. he cares about you but he's made a mistake.

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It just seems so innocent...
it's not. even if his intentions are good. are you having a hard time seeing him as someone who is generally a caring person but one who makes a mistake now and then? sometimes, if we see things in terms of all or nothing it throws us for a loop when something happens to upset our image of the person. he's human and made a mistake but it can be rectified if he owns up to it and reestablishes proper boundaries.

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and him wanting to help me get involved in something possibly more rewarding
he needs to be helping you take steps to get involved in something better rather than take those steps for you. the latter isn't help--it's enabling.

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I am still going around in circles wondering why this is upsetting me so much...why I have such anxiety and fear....
are you afraid that if you set a boundary and say "no i don't want to work with you" that he will reject/abandon you? it can be hard for some of us to say no to others.

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and how I'm blowing his all out of proportion....
you aren't. you're being triggered by stuff from your past where others have crossed your boundaries bigtime. and you are rightfully anxious about what could happen in the future if you went down this path.

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...and because of these cruddy feelings, I may be giving up an opportunity to do some great things with T who is so driven and successful...
no. you're giving up an opportunity to get into an unethical relationship with your T that would probably not end well for you at all.

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a great role model for me...
this is good. let him be a great role model and teach you these skills in therapy.

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yet it feels so awful to delve outside of the client/T relationship....I am afraid of learning what he's really like outside of therapy....
mixed, this is your gut telling you to avoid this dual relationship because you know it could lead to trouble. why borrow trouble? don't you have enough trouble already?
Thanks for this!
Dr.Muffin, jexa, Laurie1041