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Old Feb 03, 2012, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by lucydog View Post
For me, the bottom line is that I spend all week thinking about other people- asking their problems and empathizing and giving and caring. I have 1 hour a week to think about myself and my own issues (which are pretty huge). I spend 90 seconds at the start of that hour on idle chitchat (how are you? Good, How are you?) and 90 seconds at the end confirming next week's appointment. Other than that, it's about me.
I think it's an ends-versus-means, why-versus-how thing.

The WHY of therapy is to help me.
The HOW of therapy is that I have a relationship with T.

Whenever I ask about T, she says it wouldn't help me.
And I reply that it would help our relationship, and that would help me.

Impasse.
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