Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me with something that's really giving me a lot of anxiety and making me worry. Last session, my therapist told me that he misses his wife when she is away, and I suddenly felt rejected and awkward because I really look forward to my therapy sessions. I've always been clear that he doesn't need or "love" his patients the way his patients need and "love" him, but I was really hurt when he said this. Obviously I have lots of different kinds of transferences towards him, and I have discussed most of them with him and I hope to sort out my issues through them, but I just don't know what to say about this to him, and I don't know what he can say about it to help me. We have already talked about feeling rejected by him several times, and I know this is an issue I have, and that I hope will improve through therapy. I've been feeling for several days that maybe I should switch therapists, but when I think about it, that seems like a big move, for that one comment. He knows me well by now and I feel like if I start over with a new therapist, that I wasted a lot of time. He has helped me a lot in my 8 months with him, and I got really attached to him. However, I feel really rejected to the point that I don't know what to talk with him about anymore. He very rarely shares his feelings with me. Does my relationship with him seem inappropriate? Can anyone help with this?
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