I was in a fairly unique situation in that two friends whom I cared about very deeply were also seeing my T. We often talked about our therapy and T together. It enabled me to see that my T did have 'enough' to go around. I experienced some pangs of jealousy when my T would give something 'extra' to one of my friends (extra time, extra session, extra phone calls, etc) but that jealousy was tempered by the fact that I knew my friend needed it at the time, and my thankfulness that my T was able to give it.
If I'd known about times my T gave extra to other clients I would have been totally jealous. I'm really glad I had the opportunity to see T care for my friends as well as myself, as it helped me accept the t relationship more, and really get that concept of "this is my T time, that is X's T time, that is Y's T time, and there is enough of T for all of us."
And also we knew she loved us all. Me and my friends. She cared deeply about all of us in a way that was perfect for all of us. when she was with x she didn't care any less about me. and when she was with me she didn't care less about x. So I guess she was like that with all her other clients as well. She only spent x amount of time with any one client, but the caring went on all the time.
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