In my case, am I just paying for a friend? I don't know. Precisely! I wonder if I am paying her to be my friend because I don't really have anyone that close to me right now. She once told me that even though she does have close friends, she does not "spill her guts" to them. She went on to say that the relationship you have with your therapist IS a place to "spill your guts" and that for some people, it is a life line to being able to function in the real world.

On the flip side, she went on to say that a therapist's job is to prepare you to be able to be on your own. For some that may only take a few visits, others a year, and yet some may need therapy indefinitely. She tells me to stop worrying about how long I have been in therapy. That if she thought I was using it as a 'crutch' and was not getting any better, she would tell me straight up!

Many of us want to see our Ts as people. After all, they are. YES! I want to see her as a person, not just a title of "THERAPIST". I only called her one time, and while we were talking, I heard a dog barking in the background. She said something to the dog about being quiet. This is weird, but I got a kick out of that. I was like, "Hey, she is a real person with a home, kids, a spouse, and a dog!"