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Old Feb 02, 2014, 01:37 AM
Swan61 Swan61 is offline
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Originally Posted by Yearning0723 View Post
Maybe...and she's just a person too, so there's that...or maybe I was just misinterpreting her or being oversensitive or something...I don't know. But is it wrong to have this need for her to care about me? I don't think I'm relying on her or anything, but even if I was, part of me is like, "Okay, so what? She's my therapist; she's an important adult in my life right now and she's seen me through a lot. It's not going to be forever; someday we'll part ways and I'll be fine with that. So what's the big deal?" But even though she said explicitly that it's not wrong for our relationship to be important to me, it feels like the undertone is really that it's WRONG for me to need her. But I don't know if that's my own baggage coming into play or whether it's actually what she's saying.
Maybe she is just concerned that your need for her could become a major issue and she does not want to give you false reassurances and then it gets blown up into a bigger issue all the time...she just doesn't want to feel like she tells all of her clients (her children) that each one is her favorite....she has to be fair about having a true concern for everyone she is helping....
Thanks for this!
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