This morning I was surprised to see an email notification of a payment: an automatic withdrawal was made from my account to a post-traumatic stress disorder support site that I subscribed to a year ago.

I haven't visited the site in a while and had forgotten about the recurring annual contribution I opted to make. When I logged in to the site, I saw someone had just come across a message I posted almost a year ago and replied to it. In that message, I'd quoted my therapist, and I liked the quote so much, thought I'd share.

I feel very special in my therapeutic relationship, and this, her philosophy on therapy, is one of the reasons why:

""When I refer to a therapeutic relationship, I do not at all mean a medical model, dr./patient relationship. To me a therapeutic relationship is a very sacred, spiritual journey in which I am the guide and my client is the seeker; it is the most important factor in healing. It is also one of the most intimate of relationships because it holds the sharing like you did today; at its best, the therapeutic relationship is one of the most real relationships any of us will ever experience. So it is a very special relationship to me and when I refer to our therapeutic relationship it is with utmost respect and affection. And inherent, a given, in this relationship is that I care about you, Leah. It is always surprising when you ask me if I do because it is never a question for me."

Just something I wanted to share. Coincidentally I spoke to my therapist about this recently, told her my goal was to make my life like therapy: sacred, deep, full of meaning, basically, everything except the one-sidedness of the conversation.