Though I've never been in a relationship with a therapist, I know some couples of therapists (both partners)
I have at least 4 couples in mind, and I know of more. They seem to have good connection and much commitment, but I don't know them all that intimately and I think every couple has their own problems, if only behind closed doors. No one and no relationship is perfect.
I agree that therapists may be more likely to focus on feelings than people who don't have a professional training in the field. That can make for a better relationship as long as they don't use analyzing each other as a sort of mind game, but reflect on themselves as well as really listen to the other. Really though, being a therapist is no guarantee one will also be as good (or, in some cases, as bad) a partner as they are a therapist.
It's probably a very different experience from therapy. Being the significant other is, well, significantly different than being the client. Both roles have their advantages and their disadvantages.
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Originally Posted by Bentay
I was just wondering if anyone else has ever thought what it would be like to be in a relationship with a therapist (to be a therapists other half).
I've always thought it must be amazing to have a person in your life that understands human behaviour so well that they would know how you feel, what to say, what not to say and have a profound understanding of your feelings.
But then there's also a part of me that thinks, nothing's perfect and I'm sure therapist don't sit in a room with their other half's discussing how they feel as that's not real life. Would being in a relationship with a therapist be just perfection or are they just like normal people ?  |