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Old May 06, 2013, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Michelle25 View Post
I would be interested to know how your next session goes with T LearningMe. Do you think you will be able to continue to open up with her, in spite of the rejection? Did it affect your trust in the relationship? Maybe if you just push forward with things, in time, you will be able to rely again on your initial connection with her. From what I've read here on PC, it sounds like that "connection" some people have with T is very important to healing and if it does not exist in the relationship then you might not get very far in recovery. I don't know very much about it myself. Try to keep us posted o.k.?
I'm interested to see how it goes also. We kinda left it hanging last time (well I mean, not really hanging - she made it pretty clear.) I'm sure it will be the topic of our next session, and possibly more after that. I don't think it affected my trusting her. I mean, she didn't do anything wrong, and I knew how it was going to go before I even brought it up. Perhaps that's why it took me so long to say it. It's one thing to "know" how it's going to go in your head, it's a little more painful once it's confirmed. She was really quite gentle with me though. Being so new, I've "called her out" on a few things I didn't agree with (things she's said) and she's always very receptive and readily admits that she's still learning. It is a little concerning to me, the fact that she is so new, because I'm afraid she might not know exactly how to handle it from this point on, I'm not sure this has ever happened to her yet. I'm willing to work with her though, because despite my feelings for her, I do value our therapist/client relationship. We've been "working together" for a long time now and have both admitted to learning from each other. The only thing I wish I knew she understood is this: My feelings for her as a therapist, and my feelings for her as a person are two entirely different entities. I don't care about her only because she helps me in therapy. I like her as a person as well. The glimpses I get to see of her character really impress me, she's just my "type" of person (friend or otherwise). I tried to make that very clear in our last session, but I feel I may have to reiterate next time. I will keep you posted.
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