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Originally Posted by ScrewedUpMe
Mine has mentioned it a few times. A few weeks ago she said that she experienced counter-transference with me sometimes when I was getting confused about things and my head starts to get all muddled, she said that sometimes she can feel it too and her head gets muddled. I said, sorry about that  |
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Originally Posted by feralkittymom
Absolutely. He was never one to use jargon, but we talked quite openly both about the paternal feelings he brought into the room, and the feelings I brought up in him through my transference.
As Elliemay said about drs who can spot a depressed patient from the depressive feelings they experience around the patient, counter transference can be a powerful tool for Ts--but must be used appropriately.
Had we not talked so openly, the transferences could never have been resolved.
My T was a supervisor/trainer of post-doc Ts, but he also had a T colleague that he talked to as needed. I know because he arranged for me to be able to call her if needed when he had to be out of town.
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this fascinates me. my therapist just had a conversation with me today about this. she had been suggesting i go see my pdoc to see if maybe i need to change or up my meds bc she thought i have been more depressed lately. i didn't/don't really believe her, but i've always listened to her suggestions, so i went. my pdoc agreed with her and we changed a few things. today i told her how this just doesn't
feel like depression. to me, it is like the time i spent 3 months crying every day, wishing i was dead sort of stuff. she said it would make sense i think that, but being numb/emotionally shut down is also signs of depression and that her and my pdoc can feel it.
she has said that a few times. i find it so fascinating. how can you feel how another perso is feeling?