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Originally Posted by farmergirl
It is really not uncommon for people to need help in the grieving process, and it seems perfectly natural to be grieving after the end of an 18 year therapy relationship. You may have only met with this therapist twice a year for the past 8 years, but I'm sure there was still that part of you that felt quite close to that T despite your actually distance from each other session-wise. Yours was an unusual therapeudic relationship; generally they don't go on for several decades. It is okay to need some help with this. It may be that you need some help, very possibly short-term, certainly shorter term than 18 years, to work through this loss.
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My situation is obviously different.. but thank you for this. It is really re affirming to read something like this as I am struggling right now with a termination that I feel really needs to happen but which is also causing me a lot of doubt and pain!
It does feel better to think that it is okay to ask for support.
OP (Original Poster), I think that farmergirl's response is on to something. It's really hard to talk about therapy with many of ones peers and process grief related to it since therapy is a weird private thing which is often misunderstood. I think its totally fine to seek someone's counsel about it, and also I think you are totally within the realm of normal to be grieving a relationship like this. I just hope you can get help with the intensity of it and with coping skills to deal with it all. I support you!