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Old Jul 20, 2012, 10:08 PM
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My T self discloses a lot. I feel like I know him really well. It doesn't get in the way of our therapy. It makes us closer. I had another T and knew little about her, but wasn't interested. I have a PNP and she tells me too much about herself. It isn't more than my T tells me, but more than I want to know about her, because I'm just not that interested in her. I just want her to get on with business! So I think for me, I like to know more about the people I really "click" with. Like if I sat on the bus and there was someone next to me I really hit it off with, I would want to know about their life. If I sat next to a person I found boring and uninteresting and had no rapport with, I would not want to know much at all about them. Ho hum. So I think my T self discloses to me because we are such a good match and like each other and I communicate to him that I want to know him. It's natural for me to act that way. I don't want to pretend I don't want to know him when I do. He senses my interest and provides information. We've been seeing each other for several years, so by this time I know quite a bit about his vacations, his family, his hobbies, his youth, his house, etc. I do not feel obsessed by him or like I have to know more. I am very satisfied knowing what I do about him. I self disclose to him a lot about myself also.
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