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Old Jan 02, 2014, 09:36 AM
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I hear you feeling uncomfortable, but like Asia Blue, I wonder if you could explain the actual harm that has been done? I do not see where you have been harmed in this relationship.

I wanted to share a different perspective, that allowing attachment can be a very healing experience. Some therapists do recognize and encourage it knowing that certain clients can benefit from the reparative experience of finally expressing their neediness and not being rejected or forced into strict boundaries of only one 50 minute session per week. Extra, even frequent contact in and of itself is not necessarily negative, certainly not for all clients. In psychoanalysis, for example, clients are encouraged to have sessions three times a week.

Personally, I've seen tremendous benefits and progress with my current therapist who encourages in-between session contact. Yes, it is agitating sometimes to deal with the intensity level of such therapy, but very rewarding, and the attachment does lessen over time if the relationship is strong and the therapy effective, but how much time can vary, again, as each of us has unique needs.
Thanks for this!
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