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Old Mar 30, 2012, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by jenluv View Post
But I have to admit I want one of those Ts that will recognize when you are in crisis and act appropriately. One that will let me be dependent for a while when things are overwhelming. One who doesn't assume I can handle "it" because, after all, I'm smart and I've lived THIS long.
I think therapists have to be optimists.

They have to believe that we will survive, that we will grow and one day we will be happy.

It is part of their objectivity, of their boundaries that they don't get as upset as we do. They are trying to be a sane, reliable, predictable person in our life.
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