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Old Aug 08, 2014, 05:53 PM
guilloche guilloche is offline
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Originally Posted by IndestructibleGirl View Post
In fairness I think what she's aiming at doing is giving me solid proof that she gives a sh#t. I think. Who knows.
That's a nice thought, but it still makes me worry about her as a therapist.

From what I've read (and I'm still trying to figure it out too, so definitely not an expert) - the therapist isn't really there to satisfy our needs. If you're feeling like "nobody cares" - the therapist is NEVER going to be able to care ENOUGH to make that feeling go away. It's a big, life thing based on all your experiences growing up.

And, the therapist should KNOW that.

I totally agree, it's great and can be helpful to have the therapist CARE (otherwise, how do we talk about painful stuff). But that caring [edit: should NOT!] be the end-all, be-all of therapy... it should be a bridge for you to start fixing the stuff... (insert something here... I don't actually know how this happens yet!)

Anyway, sorry again... I feel like I'm starting to get a bit rant-y. "Not caring" is a big issue for me, so it's probably setting me off a tiny bit... hope some of it helps anyway!
Thanks for this!
IndestructibleGirl