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Originally Posted by dizgirl2011
Hey,
I think you dealt with the session really well and should be so proud of yourself!! I also think a sheduled phone call is a really good idea!  even though she reverted to her "when you want or need to" saying about the phone calls which seems odd after what has happened but it sounds like she cares about you and wants to repair the relationship also.
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T spent a lot of time today explaining to me how/why she got burned out, and made it really, really clear that it was her, not me. It was her not being mindful of her limits and wanting to do more than she was actually able to do.
We talked about how some things have to change, but some things don't have to change. She has to focus more on DBT skills during our phone calls, and not on the myriad other life issues that come up. I completely understand that.
She also said that she was wrong in telling me I can't call just to check in, and said that it's okay to do that as much as I need to. It was my idea to have scheduled times, that way I will know I have a call with her coming up and that it is ok for me to call her even if nothing big is going on right then, and I won't have to worry that I'm calling too much or too often or at a bad time. We'll see how this works for a while.
diz, to answer your question, she has been a T for 20+ years.
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