Thread: Intimacy
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Old Apr 05, 2013, 10:41 AM
MASIMO MASIMO is offline
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Originally Posted by rainbow8 View Post
I'm glad that your romantic feelings toward your T have matured. I think he's using "intimate" in a different way from the way you're interpreting it. I could be wrong, but intimate can also mean, just "close". I feel like I have an intimate relationship with my T because I share so much with her. She doesn't disclose as much, I don't think, as your T does, but still, we have a deep connection that I would call "intimate". It doesn't involve sex, but even when sexual feelings on my side have been there, that's not what I mean by "intimate". Therapy is different from any other relationship, even with a life partner. I don't think it's as one-sided as people believe. A good T has a special, intimate bond with long-term clients. It's what makes therapy unique.
I'm not interpreting that he is saying anything more than a close relationship. Rationally, I know that's what he means. But it hard for me to emotionally hear these words without reacting to them in a irrational way...just my mind at work.
Maybe he felt he needed to explain this by mentioning no sex to be sure I didn't misinterpret his statement....given my feelings for him of which he is aware.
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