Hi guys! New poster here... I'm actually kind of bummed I'm only just discovering this forum. I find all the posts about the idiosyncrasies of therapy/therapists on this forum fascinating! I've been lurking for all of a week and am already hooked/behind in schoolwork as a result. I'm not sure if there's a place to introduce ourselves here, but just a brief intro-- I've been in some form of therapy for the past 14 years mainly for eating disorder/depression/social anxiety. I recently moved for grad school and left a therapist I had been seeing for 12 years ( ) and started seeing a new therapist about 4 months ago, who is mostly pretty great and I have grown quite attached to her already.

Anyway, something I've noticed about her that is different from what I'm used to is how she makes frequent mention of "other clients." Not by name obviously, but like "I have this client who said/did ________ the other day and <insert relevant anecdote/life lesson>." I'm not sure how I feel about it. On one hand, it makes me happy to know she cares enough to pay attention to and remember things her clients say, and is skilled enough to use examples in meaningful ways. On the other hand, it makes the "I am not her only client" reality that much clearer, and I do have issues with this (I want to be her favorite/it hurts to think I'm just a small blip on her radar). And it makes me wonder if she ever uses examples from our sessions... such pressure!!

Once she even said "the girl who was here before you..." and then went on to give a pretty detailed story about her. eeks. And the thing is, I had just run into the girl as she was leaving/I was coming (therapist didn't know this though). Kinda weird. As if I'm not paranoid enough about how I measure up to her other clients.