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Originally Posted by Yearning0723
Yes. Exactly. That's exactly how it feels. But that's also weird because she has helped me so much over the past few months and it really felt (feels?) like she cares about me (even though whenever I ask her this, her response is, "I care about all my clients" and I pretty much need to just be satisfied with that...) so I don't know if this is me being oversensitive or not...or if that's even what a T is supposed to be...
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There is no such thing as oversensitive. Your feelings are your feeling and there is no right or wrong. You are entitled to feel how you feel.
(omg, you know how when you say something and you think " i sound like my mother"? ^^^^ Well i just channelled my therapist hahaha)
Seriously tho... she sounds very "by the book", you weren't asking if she cares about all her clients, you were asking her if she cares about YOU. You don't need generic answers. Would it really kill her to say " Yes, Yearning, i care about you very much and i want you to succeed"
To feel safe in your therapy you need to know the person sitting across from you cares enough not to betray you, destroy you, hurt you et etc. That's natural, that is survival. I know that sounds very dramatic but for a lot of clients it is survival. By asking if she cares, you're asking if she can be trusted with your heart.
I had a therapist similar to yours last year and i just could not progress because i felt like she was so clinical and almost cold. With my new therapist, i've told her more in 3.5 months than i did in the whole 8 months with the old one.