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Originally Posted by Fixated
Thanks. Yeah, we did talk about it a bit. I really don't know specifically what she could do differently. I mentioned maybe saying something in the realm of "thank you for sharing that" when I take a risk and open up. But then I wonder if I would find that condescending. I also maybe wish she would just say one thing that she likes about me or how our therapy is different than that of her other clients. I just doubt she would do this last part though.
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I went through a period of sorta mourning that I could never be more than "just a client" but have since made peace with it, my t does say things like "thank you for being brave enough to share that" when I tell her something really hard for me to say, and then I also finally understood that while she doesn't play favorites, the relationship that we have is nonetheless special because it is unique to the two of us and during that 50 minutes anyway, she is not thinking about anyone but me. So I'm special in context. And that works for me.